Sure We Can
@surewecannyc.bsky.social
Sure We Can is a non-profit recycling/bottle & can redemption center, community space, and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, NY.
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We're disappointed by the anti-bottle bill comments from Kathryn Garcia, Hochul aid & former DSNY Commissioner.
What's incredibly problematic is the fact that the Hochul admin can't recognize the value of NY's most effective recycling system.
The bill works, & modernization would be a win for NY!
What's incredibly problematic is the fact that the Hochul admin can't recognize the value of NY's most effective recycling system.
The bill works, & modernization would be a win for NY!
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
We're disappointed by the anti-bottle bill comments from Kathryn Garcia, Hochul aid & former DSNY Commissioner.
What's incredibly problematic is the fact that the Hochul admin can't recognize the value of NY's most effective recycling system.
The bill works, & modernization would be a win for NY!
What's incredibly problematic is the fact that the Hochul admin can't recognize the value of NY's most effective recycling system.
The bill works, & modernization would be a win for NY!
Last month, a team of our canners, staff, & board travelled to Vancouver to exchange with fellow members of the North American Alliance of Wastepickers (NAWPA): Binner's Project, Groundscore Association, & Coop Les Valoristes. A great week full of sharing ideas & building solidarity!
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Last month, a team of our canners, staff, & board travelled to Vancouver to exchange with fellow members of the North American Alliance of Wastepickers (NAWPA): Binner's Project, Groundscore Association, & Coop Les Valoristes. A great week full of sharing ideas & building solidarity!
Stand up for NYC's canners and for Sure We Can by donating to help us raise $30,000 before the end of the year!
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bit.ly/supportswc
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bit.ly/supportswc
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Stand up for NYC's canners and for Sure We Can by donating to help us raise $30,000 before the end of the year!
⭐ ❤️
bit.ly/supportswc
⭐ ❤️
bit.ly/supportswc
October 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sunday, October 19th, we're opening our doors for the Open House New York festival! We'll be giving tours from 12-4.
Check out our 16,000sqft facility where more over a million cans & bottles are redeemed monthly & get a glimpse into the work of canners.
🔗 www.ohny.org/place/sure-we-can
Check out our 16,000sqft facility where more over a million cans & bottles are redeemed monthly & get a glimpse into the work of canners.
🔗 www.ohny.org/place/sure-we-can
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sunday, October 19th, we're opening our doors for the Open House New York festival! We'll be giving tours from 12-4.
Check out our 16,000sqft facility where more over a million cans & bottles are redeemed monthly & get a glimpse into the work of canners.
🔗 www.ohny.org/place/sure-we-can
Check out our 16,000sqft facility where more over a million cans & bottles are redeemed monthly & get a glimpse into the work of canners.
🔗 www.ohny.org/place/sure-we-can
Thank you so much to our partners Voces Latinas, NAMI, and One Love Community Fridge for being a part of Sure We Can's first Wellness Fair! Special thanks to Hispanic Federation for the support through the Uplift Initiative.
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thank you so much to our partners Voces Latinas, NAMI, and One Love Community Fridge for being a part of Sure We Can's first Wellness Fair! Special thanks to Hispanic Federation for the support through the Uplift Initiative.
The Alliance of Independent Recyclers (AIR-NYC) is a proud affiliate of the Int'l Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), a union of orgs repping 460k+ workers across 34 countries! 🌎 Thank you to IAWP president Severino Lima Jr, & Nohra Padilla Herrera of the Colombia Recyclers Association for visiting! ✊
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The Alliance of Independent Recyclers (AIR-NYC) is a proud affiliate of the Int'l Alliance of Waste Pickers (IAWP), a union of orgs repping 460k+ workers across 34 countries! 🌎 Thank you to IAWP president Severino Lima Jr, & Nohra Padilla Herrera of the Colombia Recyclers Association for visiting! ✊
Join the campaign to pass the #BiggerBetterBottleBill!
We’re trying to better understand how thorough the state is in enforcing the existing law. We’ve devised a way for volunteers to help us hold the state accountable!
Join us 9/22, 5pm for a training to get started!
bit.ly/3VqrsJC
We’re trying to better understand how thorough the state is in enforcing the existing law. We’ve devised a way for volunteers to help us hold the state accountable!
Join us 9/22, 5pm for a training to get started!
bit.ly/3VqrsJC
September 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Join the campaign to pass the #BiggerBetterBottleBill!
We’re trying to better understand how thorough the state is in enforcing the existing law. We’ve devised a way for volunteers to help us hold the state accountable!
Join us 9/22, 5pm for a training to get started!
bit.ly/3VqrsJC
We’re trying to better understand how thorough the state is in enforcing the existing law. We’ve devised a way for volunteers to help us hold the state accountable!
Join us 9/22, 5pm for a training to get started!
bit.ly/3VqrsJC
Join us for Sure We Can happy hour part 2!
Come tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
🎟 www.bit.ly/swc-happyhour2
Come tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
🎟 www.bit.ly/swc-happyhour2
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Join us for Sure We Can happy hour part 2!
Come tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
🎟 www.bit.ly/swc-happyhour2
Come tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
🎟 www.bit.ly/swc-happyhour2
♻️ This Friday, help us sort cans and do some hands on learning about the day to day work of canners!
Sign up 🔗 bit.ly/swc-sep19
Sign up 🔗 bit.ly/swc-sep19
September 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
♻️ This Friday, help us sort cans and do some hands on learning about the day to day work of canners!
Sign up 🔗 bit.ly/swc-sep19
Sign up 🔗 bit.ly/swc-sep19
Our state senator Julia Salazar visited us at Sure We Can yesterday! Thank you Senator Salazar for your support & and for your championship of the Bigger Better Bottle Bill!
@salazarsenate.bsky.social
@salazarsenate.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Our state senator Julia Salazar visited us at Sure We Can yesterday! Thank you Senator Salazar for your support & and for your championship of the Bigger Better Bottle Bill!
@salazarsenate.bsky.social
@salazarsenate.bsky.social
Join us tonight for a tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
Tix 🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
See you soon!
Tix 🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
See you soon!
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Join us tonight for a tour of our facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans & bottles are sorted each month, then happy hour to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer, lemonade :)
Tix 🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
See you soon!
Tix 🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
See you soon!
⭐️ Thanks to all our volunteers last week! ⭐️
August 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
⭐️ Thanks to all our volunteers last week! ⭐️
August 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
📽 The work of a NYC canner.
Video by Charles Pfeiffer
Video by Charles Pfeiffer
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
📽 The work of a NYC canner.
Video by Charles Pfeiffer
Video by Charles Pfeiffer
Come visit our 15,000 sqft facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans and bottles are sorted each month. We'll do a 30-min tour, then a happy hour where you'll have a chance to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer & lemonade :)
🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
August 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Come visit our 15,000 sqft facility in Bushwick where more than 1 million cans and bottles are sorted each month. We'll do a 30-min tour, then a happy hour where you'll have a chance to mingle & learn about our efforts to update NY's Bottle Bill, + wine, beer & lemonade :)
🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
📣 We're hiring!
We are seeking a flexible and outgoing individual to support our efforts to more deeply engage canners in Sure We Can's activities and programs.
See the full job description at 🔗 bit.ly/engagement-role-swc
We are seeking a flexible and outgoing individual to support our efforts to more deeply engage canners in Sure We Can's activities and programs.
See the full job description at 🔗 bit.ly/engagement-role-swc
August 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
📣 We're hiring!
We are seeking a flexible and outgoing individual to support our efforts to more deeply engage canners in Sure We Can's activities and programs.
See the full job description at 🔗 bit.ly/engagement-role-swc
We are seeking a flexible and outgoing individual to support our efforts to more deeply engage canners in Sure We Can's activities and programs.
See the full job description at 🔗 bit.ly/engagement-role-swc
The students of the BK Rot Youth Leaders Program volunteering at Sure We Can as part of their "waste week" ♻️ ⭐️
July 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The students of the BK Rot Youth Leaders Program volunteering at Sure We Can as part of their "waste week" ♻️ ⭐️
Thank you to the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators for organizing a group tour of Sure We Can with NY and NJ legislators & staffers!
July 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Thank you to the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators for organizing a group tour of Sure We Can with NY and NJ legislators & staffers!
🧤💚♻️ Join us Friday 7/25 for the next volunteer day at Sure We Can!
bit.ly/swc-july25
bit.ly/swc-july25
July 16, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🧤💚♻️ Join us Friday 7/25 for the next volunteer day at Sure We Can!
bit.ly/swc-july25
bit.ly/swc-july25
After our screening of The Waste Commons, a documentary following a community of waste pickers at the city waste dump in Dakar, Senegal, we sat down with Rosalind Fredericks to hear about the making of the film. Thank you to everyone who attended and thank you Rosalind for giving us a deeper look!
July 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
After our screening of The Waste Commons, a documentary following a community of waste pickers at the city waste dump in Dakar, Senegal, we sat down with Rosalind Fredericks to hear about the making of the film. Thank you to everyone who attended and thank you Rosalind for giving us a deeper look!
Get your free ticket for tonight: bit.ly/wastecommons...
July 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Get your free ticket for tonight: bit.ly/wastecommons...
Only two more chances to see Riven - A documentary play shedding light on the invisibilized world of wastepickers- at Sure We Can! Run because tickets are going fast!
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/riven-tick...
Photo by Alexia Haick
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/riven-tick...
Photo by Alexia Haick
June 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Only two more chances to see Riven - A documentary play shedding light on the invisibilized world of wastepickers- at Sure We Can! Run because tickets are going fast!
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/riven-tick...
Photo by Alexia Haick
🎟 www.eventbrite.com/e/riven-tick...
Photo by Alexia Haick
Did you know Sure We Can organizes volunteer opportunities for corporate groups?
You’ll learn from staff & community members about the day-to-day work that canners do, and why this work matters to our whole community.
Email info@surewecan.org to get started!
You’ll learn from staff & community members about the day-to-day work that canners do, and why this work matters to our whole community.
Email info@surewecan.org to get started!
June 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Did you know Sure We Can organizes volunteer opportunities for corporate groups?
You’ll learn from staff & community members about the day-to-day work that canners do, and why this work matters to our whole community.
Email info@surewecan.org to get started!
You’ll learn from staff & community members about the day-to-day work that canners do, and why this work matters to our whole community.
Email info@surewecan.org to get started!
The Bottle Bill would ensure more beverage containers get recycled rather than ending up in landfills, while also doubling the income for the canners that rely on the bottle deposit to earn their income, currently making less than $6/hr!
June 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Bottle Bill would ensure more beverage containers get recycled rather than ending up in landfills, while also doubling the income for the canners that rely on the bottle deposit to earn their income, currently making less than $6/hr!