RECYCLING
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Can Recycling
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ollect-a-Can is a recovery as opposed to a profit driven company and has proven that it is self-sustainable by managing its operations and cost structures at optimum levels, assuring the respective southern African governments, environmentalists and the public of Collect-a-Can’s long-term stability. Over the past 19 years, Collect-a-Can has been at the forefront of minimizing the negative impact of used beverage cans on the environment. “We have subsequently been 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 metal cans,” says Operations Manager Gregory Masoka. The core business of Collect-a-Can is to facilitate the recovery of used beverage cans, although the company also recover aerosol, aluminium, food, oil and paint cans, thereby addressing the cradle-tocradle needs of the metal can industry.
What happens to cans once they reach Collect-a-Can Collect-a-Can does not recycle steel itself. All cans recovered are either compressed into bales and sold on the open market to steel mills to produce new prime steel or turned into briquettes which are sold to the mining operations. . Collect-a-Can has a depot in Aeroton near Soweto where they buy cans directly from the public and other established can collectors. Collect-a-Can Tel: 011 494-3623
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