CANS:
WHAT TO COLLECT:
  • Steel beverage cans (soft drinks and beer)
  • Aluminium cans
  • Food (Milo, dog food, baked beans)
  • Coffee tins
  • Paint tins
  • Aerosol cans
  • Oil cans used at garages and fuel stations
PREPARATION TIPS:
  • Cans should be empty
FACTS AND FIGURES:
In Southern Africa, over two billion steel beverage cans – beer, soft drinks, cider, fruit juices and others – are consumed every year. They are 100% recyclable. The current recovery rate for Southern Africa is 69%. The recovery rate refers to the actual number of steel used beverage cans recovered in Southern Africa. It is calculated as a percentage of the total number of steel beverage cans sold in Southern Africa. Collect-a-Can also recovers food and other household cans.
FOR INFO ON HOW, WHO, WHY AND WHERE:
Collect-a-Can
Tel +27 (0)11 466 2939
www.collectacan.co.za
 
Artwork used with kind permission of the Recovery Action Group of the Packaging Council of South Africa
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RECYCLING:
Recycling process
Why recycle?
What can we recycle?
RESOURCES:
Education
Are you ready to recycle? - education programme on making wise choices about waste for intermediate phase learners
Resource Materials
HOW TO:
Collect Waste for Recycling
Set up a recycling drop-off or buy-back centre
Win with Waste
Working with Waste: recycling of solid waste
USEFUL LINKS:
Local
International
MEMBERS:
List of members