Welcome to Collect-a-Can

We have been collecting cans for 17 years.  We understand the recycling industry, so let us help you do well, while doing good.

Collect-a-Can is a joint venture between ArcelorMittal South Africa (Africa’s major steel producer and producer of tinplate for food and beverage cans) and Nampak (Africa’s largest packaging company and beverage can producer). We actively work within the community to support recycling initiatives and have a strong commitment to socio economic empowerment.

About Us

Collect-a-Can is dedicated to ensure that used cans and consequently tinplate, exist in harmony with the environment.

We 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 is a recovery as opposed to a profit driven company. The company 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.

Our Mission

Ensuring that steel cans and related can production material are effectively recovered. Identifying and exploring opportunities to render Collect-a-Can self-sustainable. Collaborating with stakeholders (government, schools, media, etc.) in ensuring that the environment is taken care of. To encourage and empower entrepreneurs through can collection. To assist the people of Collect-a-Can and stakeholders live the mission.  It has been shortened to the following slogan:  "Do well, while doing good."

Our Vision

It is our vision to be the most successful, self-sustaining, one-way packaging recovery company, dedicated to the realisation of the land where beverage cans exist in perfect harmony with the environment.