Is the recycling machine downstairs working, or is it full again? Ask the cat.
Can or Not? checks Singapore's can and bottle return machines (the BCRS reverse vending machines) and tells you at a glance whether it's worth the walk. 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. Probably someone with a mega trash bag.
CANNOT. FULL LIAO. It's full, and the cat says it stinks.
MAYBE FULL LIAO? The last reading said nearly full, but it's hours old. Bring a plan B.
CANNOT. CLOSED. The shop is closed. So is the cat.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
• Find machines near you, by name or by postal code
• Kaypoh (Singlish for nosy) up to 10 machines, and the cat watches them for you
• Swipe between your machines and the cats watching them
• See the latest status, how old it is, and today's opening hours
• Add Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
• Pick the cat's attitude: Manja, Sassy, or one more you'll have to find
• Poke the cat until it gets cross, or stroke it until it purrs
• Make friends: stroke the cat on duty a little every day, or return at its machine, and it remembers you
• Keep a Kopi Fund: count your 10-cent deposits as kopi, month by month
• Use it in English or 简体中文
• Hunt for 13 easter eggs. One of them is very rare, and very golden
REAL COMMUNITY CATS
Every cat in the app is a real community cat, drawn as a cartoon. Cat 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 and NParks' Animal Response Centre. It never shows where a real cat lives.
GOOD TO KNOW
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, whose copy of the machines' readings can be hours old. The app shows how old each reading is. If the machine says something different, trust the machine. Kaypoh only saves a machine to your list. It can't hold the real machine for you, which is still first come, first served. Postal code search uses OneMap. The cat's meows are free voice clips by あみたろ (amitaro.net).
No account. No ads. No tracking. Non-commercial.
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