collect and recycle
... that 99 percent of Japanese municipalities collect and recycle steel cans despite not being required by law, giving the country one of the world's highest recycling rates for these cans? 
... that 99<span id="mwCbE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>percent of <a href="./Japan" id="mwCbI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japan">Japanese</a> municipalities <b id="mwCbM"><a href="./Recycling_in_Japan" id="mwCbQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Recycling in Japan">collect and recycle</a></b> <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Beverage_can" id="mwCbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Beverage can">steel cans</a> despite not being required by law, giving the country one of the world's highest <a href="./Recycling" id="mwCbY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Recycling">recycling</a> rates for these cans? <i id="mwCbc">(Japanese recycling bins pictured)</i>