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• Collect-a-Can up the ante with

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    Immediate Release                18 November 2009

    Collect-a-Can has broken its previous Guinness World Records™ figure for collecting the most steel cans in one month!
     
    Collect-a-Can are proud to announce that they have beaten the record they set in the 2007 Guinness World Records for collecting the most steel cans in one month! The total cans for all collections in the month of October 2009 amounted to 2,122,238 that were collected by school children. This impressive result overreaches the previous schools record of 1,971,026 cans by 7.6%.

    The record was first set in October 2007 when Collect-a-Can managed to collect a staggering 1,971,026 cans from schools in a single month, accounting for almost 10% of the total can production in Southern Africa, for 2006.  The company attempted to beat the record again in 2008 but fell short by just a few cans. This year however, despite the economic downturn which has resulted in fewer canned drinks being consumed and thus fewer cans being available for collection, there has been a terrific response from collectors who have really put in a lot of effort in submitting their cans to help break the record.

    “None of this would have been possible were it not for the collectors who recover the cans for us,” said Annie Tsima, Managing Director of Collect-a-Can. “We are particularly proud of the school children whose efforts have helped boost our collection numbers significantly. There is an old saying that goes, ‘you need to bend a stick while it is still young’ meaning that you can best reach people in their youth, and instil healthy waste management habits. It is for this reason that one of Collect-a-Can’s main focuses has always been to get the youth involved and excited about our collection efforts and initiatives, and the Guinness World Records attempt is a wonderful concept for them to be part of,” Tsima continued.

    Publishing group Pan MacMillan have generously sponsored book prizes for the three schools that collected the most cans for Collect-a-Can per region during the Guinness World Records attempt in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. Pan Macmillan is known for its high-quality academic, scholarly, educational, fiction, non-fiction and reference publishing and will be sponsoring 45 to 50 books per school to the libraries of these top collecting schools.

    MySchool, South Africa's biggest community support and fundraising programme has been the initiative’s media partner, ensuring that schools and supporters across the country stay informed and motivated to make a change for the good of our environment.

    Up until now Collect-a-Can have only been able to offer prizes to schools participating in their Guinness World Records attempt; it is hoped however, that additional sponsors will come forward in subsequent years to offer prizes to members of the public and other institutions who participate as well.

    With the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors into the country next year, Collect-a-Can look forward to a bumper year of can collections and the opportunity to set an even bigger and better record for 2010!

    For more information visit Collect-a-Can’s website www.collectacan.co.za or contact Collect-a-Can’s head office on (011) 466 2939.

    Issued by Reputation Matters:
    Lindi Berrino
    Tel: (011) 317 3861
    Fax: (011) 317 3601
    lindi@reputationmatters.co.za

     

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• GWR Day: NY Eatery Serendipity

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    A very sweet start to Guinness World Records week in the US as Serendipity 3, the landmark NYC restaurant, prepares to set a new Guinness World Record for the “Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate on Monday, November 9th. The record attempt also celebrates the restaurants 55th anniversary, a milestone for New York City eateries.
     

    The restaurant has been busy planning to scale up the tasty concoction which will use their  traditional hot chocolate mix- a blend of 14 different cocoas, topped with whipped cream, grated valley orange and French chocolate shavings. 

    The “largest cup” is over 100 times the size of the restaurant’s famous Hot Chocolate!  The “Largest Cup of Hot Chocolate” will then go on the restaurants menu becoming commercially available, and all proceeds will go to a local NYC charity.

    

    The record will not be the restaurants first attempt at Guinness World Record glory. The restaurant currently holds the record for the ‘Most Expensive Dessert’ ($25,000) set back in 2007 also in conjunction with Guinness World Records Day. In addition, at one time the restaurant held the record for the ‘Largest Wedding Cake.’

     

     

    The record attempt itself will take place in the world famous restaurant on East 60th Street in NYC.  Stephen Bruce, the owner/founder of the restaurant will be mixing up the giant creation himself!

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