“Yes, we can!”

This year Collect-a-Can hopes to get even more schools across Southern Africa involved in its National Schools Competition, which runs from February to October each year, offering cash prizes to the schools that collect the most cans per month with additional prizes for the schools that collect the most cans through the entire year.

27 Jan 2010

The company has been running its competitions for over 17 years and has collected close to 8000 tons of used beverage cans.

New competition

The Artistic Expression Competition is a new competition launched this year and will run from February to May. It encourages learners to interpret the theme Used Beverage Cans, in perfect harmony with nature through the creation of a drawing or painting.

Guinness World Record

In 2007, Collect-a-Can set a world record for collecting the most used beverage cans in one month. In 2008 the record was maintained and last year, the organisation set a new record by collecting a whopping 2 122 238 cans in a month. Schools that enter the National Schools Competition will automatically be entered into the Guinness World Records attempt competition in October.

Can Craze competition

In the Can Craze competition, schools are required to collect a minimum of 300 cans and use them to build a construction of their own design. Prizes are awarded for the most creative structures and some of the top constructions will be showcased at Collect-a-Can's annual School Awards Ceremony hosted around the country. This competition will run from June to September.

"None of these competitions would be possible were it not for the generous contributions of the organizations that sponsor the prizes we award to the schools," says Mathabo Phomane, PR and marketing manager at Collect-a-Can.

"In order to maintain our current competitions and hopefully broaden our scope in the future we are always on the lookout for more sponsors and would encourage any potential sponsors to come forward and offer their support."

For more information on the schools' competitions or on how to become a sponsor, visit the website www.collectacan.co.za.