@surewecannyc.bsky.social
Sure We Can is a non-profit recycling/bottle & can redemption center, community space, and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, NY. 🌈🌱🎨♻️🌳 linktr.ee/surewecan
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.
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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! ✊
03.10.2025 21:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“It’s a classic case of the corporate interests being given a higher value by elected officials than the public interest”
NY assembly - listen to the people! We want strong environmental legislation!
@speakercarlheastie.bsky.social
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See you at 5pm today for a quick 30 minute training to get started helping pass the Bigger Better Bottle Bill!
22.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Come learn about the Bottle Bill next Wednesday 9/24 at @surewecannyc.bsky.social to mark #ClimateWeekNYC
19.09.2025 05:11 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🌎 We're participating in NYC Climate Week! Join us this Wednesday to learn more about Sure We Can and the campaign to pass the Bigger Better Bottle Bill & modernize NY's most effective recycling system!
www.climateweeknyc.org/events/recyc...
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
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
♻️ 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
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
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!
⭐️ Thanks to all our volunteers last week! ⭐️
25.08.2025 20:55 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0This event has been rescheduled for Wednesday, September 3rd! Tickets still at 🎟 bit.ly/swc-happyhour
See you then!
August volunteer day ⭐️ See you there!
Sign up 🔗 bit.ly/swc-aug22
📽 The work of a NYC canner.
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
📣 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
See you tomorrow!
24.07.2025 16:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The students of the BK Rot Youth Leaders Program volunteering at Sure We Can as part of their "waste week" ♻️ ⭐️
22.07.2025 19:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators for organizing a group tour of Sure We Can with NY and NJ legislators & staffers!
17.07.2025 15:13 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🧤💚♻️ Join us Friday 7/25 for the next volunteer day at Sure We Can!
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!
14.07.2025 17:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Get your free ticket for tonight: bit.ly/wastecommons...
09.07.2025 20:03 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Watch the trailer for THE WASTE COMMONS showing at Sure We Can tonight 🎞
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ-H...
THE WASTE COMMONS explores the dramatic transformations involved in the impending closure of the city waste dump in Dakar, Senegal, and the lives that hang in the balance.
Screening at Sure We Can next Weds, July 9th at 7:30.
🎟 Get your free ticket:
🗞 Upcoming happenings at Sure We Can!
www.surewecan.org/newsletter/2...
🎞 Learn more about the film: www.thewastecommons.com
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