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Sure We Can
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Sure We Can is a non-profit recycling/bottle & can redemption center, community space, and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, NY.
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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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When you finish a drink and toss your bottle or can, you may not think about where it goes next. In New York, there's a great chance a canner will collect it along their route, and sort it among hundreds of other bottles and cans, and bring it to a place like Sure We Can.
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Pawel shares what Sure We Can & this community means to him.

Stand with Sure We Can & NYC's canners. Make a donation today at 🔗 www.bit.ly/supportswc
December 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
2 weeks left to help us reach our goal 💚
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
December 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
New York isn't the only place working towards a bottle bill! Legislators and advocates in Washington D.C. are advancing a bill that would include a dime deposit for bottled and canned beverages sold there ♻️⭐️

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A deposit-based bottle recycling program could offer homeless communities an opportunity to make a profit - Street Sense Media
Councilmember Brianne Nadeau sees a proposed bottle bill as an income opportunity for low-income residents.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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This is so critical
Earning a living by canning is arduous work. As a community-sensitive redemption center, we offer support that canners can't get anywhere else.

Please help us support this community by making a donation
🔗 bit.ly/supportswc

#GivingTuesday

Photo by Carlos Rivera
December 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With the political and social climate turning against the most vulnerable members of our communities, canners need supportive services and safe spaces more than ever.
Please consider making a donation to Sure We Can to support NYC's canners. 💚

🔗 bit.ly/supportswc
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Earning a living by canning is arduous work. As a community-sensitive redemption center, we offer support that canners can't get anywhere else.

Please help us support this community by making a donation
🔗 bit.ly/supportswc

#GivingTuesday

Photo by Carlos Rivera
December 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Join us at Sure We Can on Tuesday for a volunteer day and open house! Come for a tour of our site, and stay to volunteer if you're able ⭐️ Sign up at bit.ly/swc-dec2
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Stand with Sure We Can & NYC canners 💚

Go to 🔗 bit.ly/supportswc to make a donation today

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Stand Up for Sure We Can in 2025!
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November 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Join us at Sure We Can on Tuesday for a volunteer day and open house! Come for a tour of our site, and stay to volunteer if you're able ⭐️ Sign up at bit.ly/swc-dec2
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Any lawmakers in Iowa who are against our bottle bill and find it "incredibly problematic"... the Iowa City Litter Crew would like to invite you to come pick up litter with us for a couple of months and tell us whether you feel the same. Bottle bills work. Fix them, don't undermine them.
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!
November 19, 2025 at 1:46 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!
November 18, 2025 at 9:33 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!
November 17, 2025 at 9:47 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
November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
⭐️ Calling all volunteers! See you Friday 10-12! ♻️

🔗 bit.ly/swc-oct24
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
October 17, 2025 at 9:14 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.
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 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! ✊
October 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM