We recycle aluminum cans to help raise funds for college and to help the environment.
04/25/2026
we finally got the truck back this morning!
We know we have some catching up to do so please be patient while we work on catching up over the next several days.
If you have cans for pick up please let us know as a reminder.
Thanks for your patience while the truck was put back together!
Update on our truck.....
The repairs have been getting done and today's update is we may have the truck back early to mid week next week. Fingers crossed🤞
We hope to be back collecting very soon! Thank you all for your patience.
04/02/2026
TM Recycling is who we bring all of the cans to. Every can we are able to recycle gets repurposed and reused.
We have to have our truck back soon so we can continue the mission.
Stay tuned!
03/28/2026
🚨 Sad news to report....
Hello all of our faithful can collectors. We unfortunately have to let you all know that the truck Cans4College uses for its pick-ups was involved in an accident today and is unable to be driven. One half of your Cans4College team was in the truck but we are glad to report there are no serious injuries.
What this means is that we temporarily cannot pick up cans. We do not know at this time how long it will take for repairs.
Thank you for your understanding and we will look for some alternative ways to get your cans in the meantime.
03/20/2026
What a week! Yesterday we did more pick ups and filled the truck again! Thanks go out to a Clearwater resident, Hookin' Ain't Easy Seafood Company, Inc and The Burg Automotive for saving cans for us!
Please check out Hookin' for a lunch, dinner or a seafood purchase and Burg Auto for any vehicle maintenance needs!
03/17/2026
We didn't stop yesterday. Today we did 3 different pick ups, filled the truck and dropped off another 79 pounds!
A huge thanks to the two residents and Pharmacy Innovations-Seminole for the cans!
Did you know, Pharmacy Innovations is our only authorized can drop off site? You can drop your cans off and pick up your meds at the same time! How convenient?! Please consider using them for your pharmacy needs.
03/16/2026
It is Spring Break and we are staying busy!
Today, we dropped off two of our branded recycling containers to Kimley-Horn, an engineering consultant located in downtown St. Pete. They will be saving their cans for us.
We also did a recycling run, dropping off 63 more pounds of cans today.
Thank you everyone for the continued support!
We just picked up 8 very large bags of cans. 5 came from Hookin' Ain't Easy Seafood Company, Inc and 3 came from a resident!
Please consider Hookin' for a dinner or your seafood needs!
Thank you for the continued support everyone!
Its Super Bowl Sunday and we know that means you all are going to have a lot of cans by the end of the night!
Tell us what your favorite part of the super bowl is in the comments.
Don't forget to save those cans and have us pick them up. Every can recycled helps reduce waste and increase reuse.
Cans are on our mind.
We will be doing a drop off this week so if you have cans needing to be picked up, please let us know and we will get by to grab them!
Thanks!
Merry Christmas from Cans4College! 🎄
As an FYI tomorrow will be the last pickup day for 2025. We will resume pick ups after January 2nd. Please save all your New Year's cans for us.
11/15/2025
Did you know......
Today is National Recycling Day! We wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has supported us so far in our journey to recycle as many aluminum cans as possible.
To date we have recycled over 5,700 pounds of aluminum cans!
One single aluminum can will take anywhere between 80-500 years to decompose in a landfill. However, when you recycle an aluminum can it can be reused and back on a store shelf in as little as 30 days!
Please, keep saving those cans. We will gladly recycle them for you!