Collect-a-Can
Collect-a-Can is dedicated to ensure that used cans and consequently tinplate, exist in harmony with the environment. They are involved in the recovery of all scrap tinplate generated in the tinplate and can-making processes, including sludge, cut-offs (skeletons), misprints, sub-standard fills, and most importantly the recovery of used cans.
All recovered scrap and used cans are either processed to add value (de-tinning and briquetting) or prepared and sold for recycling, resulting in a complete loop, called “cradle-to-cradle”.
Collect-a-Can’s recovery rate of 69% puts Southern Africa in the world’s top five (and makes Collect-a-Can the most successful operation of its kind in the world). Owing to different ways of stating recoveries, South Africa’s position could be even higher. Over 70% of adults know of Collect-a-Can’s activities.
www.collectacan.co.za