Can or Not? Recycling Cat

Is the BCRS machine downstairs working, or is it full again? Ask the cat.

Can or Not? checks the Beverage Container Return Scheme machines around Singapore and tells you at a glance whether you can go and return your cans and bottles. A community cat keeps watch for you, and it has opinions.

• CAN! The machine is working and open.
• CAN… HURRY! It’s filling up fast.
• CANNOT. FULL LIAO. It’s full, and the cat says it stinks.
• CANNOT. CLOSED. The shop is closed. So is the cat.

What it does

• Find machines near you, by name or by postal code
• Chope your favourite machines (with a tissue packet, of course)
• Live status and today’s opening hours for every machine
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
• Three attitudes: Manja, Sassy, and one more you’ll have to find
• Kopi Fund: count your 10-cent deposits as kopi
• Animated cats, seasonal outfits and plenty of easter eggs
• Works on iPhone and iPad

Real community cats

Every cat in the app is a real community cat, drawn as a cartoon. Their names come from Cats of SG and from news stories about well-loved estate cats. The app links to Cats of SG, the Cat Welfare Society, NParks’ Animal Response Centre and your estate’s community cat group, and it never shows where a real cat lives.

Can or Not? is an unofficial fan app. It isn’t made by, or affiliated with, NEA, BCRS Ltd, recycle.gov.sg or Cats of SG. Machine status comes from the public map on recycle.gov.sg and can be out of date. Postal code search uses OneMap.