Sure We Can

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Summertime at SWC — Sure We Can Dear friend, I hope you’re staying cool–but if you like the heat, I’ve got a treat for you! For those among you who won’t let a little weather stop you from contributing to sustainable culture, we’re...

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See you tomorrow!

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!

🧤💚♻️ Join us Friday 7/25 for the next volunteer day at Sure We Can!
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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...

YouTube video by WOW Wales One World Film Festival THE WASTE COMMONS trailer | WOW Wales One World Film Festival 2025

Watch the trailer for THE WASTE COMMONS showing at Sure We Can tonight 🎞
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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!
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🎞 Learn more about the film: www.thewastecommons.com

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:

For New York canners, a dime could make all the difference The deposit on a bottle remains just 5 cents. The “Bottle Bill” could change working and living conditions for canners

"Marín, 53, is one of thousands of New York City canners—many of them immigrants and people of color—who help keep millions of containers out of landfills. Their work keeps the country’s largest city cleaner, yet their contributions remain largely unrecognized."

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Riven Closes This Week! — Sure We Can Dear friend, I hope this finds you well, and if you’re in NYC or any of the other parts of the US suffering from intense heat–stay cool and stay safe! I’m just sending a quick note to remind you tha...

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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!

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Photo by Alexia Haick

Two Years in a Row, New York State Assembly Fails to Pass Widely Popular Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution For the second year in a row, the Democratic supermajority- controlled New York State Assembly failed to vote on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749 Glick) despite having e...

For the second year in a row, the Democratic supermajority-controlled New York state Assembly failed to vote on the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (A1749 Glick) despite having enough votes to pass. @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social

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!

Today is a big day! We are holding our breath and hoping @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social & @nyassemblymajority.bsky.social will put #PeopleOverPlastic and pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act! It's on the Assembly agenda to be voted on sometime in the next 24 hours.

Drinks litter on beaches falls by 54% in areas with DRS - letsrecycle.com A global analysis by Reloop has revealed “dramatic falls” in beach litter from drinks bottles where deposit return schemes (DRS) are introduced. This analysis is made up of International Coastal Clean...

Drinks litter on beaches falls by 54% in areas with DRS, according to @reloop.bsky.social

Confirmation that deposit return systems drastically reduce litter New global analysis confirms deposit return systems drastically reduce beverage container litter.

A new report by @reloop.bsky.social sheds light on the dramatic, positive impact that Deposit Return Schemes (DRS) can have on reducing beverage-related litter.

Call to pass the Packaging Reduction Act (A1749) before it's too late Please make a critical phone call today to urge your Assemblymember to vote YES on The Packaging Reduction + Recycling Infrastructure Act to cut plastic packaging by 30% in NY. Hurry! We're down to th...

Just learned that the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act is on today's agenda in the Ways and Means Committee! 🤞 #NewYork, keep the calls coming, please 🙏☎️📱📞 Visit shorturl.at/GKj8S to be connected to your Assemblymember!

⏰ The legislative session ends TOMORROW! ☎️ Call your Assemblymember now and urge them to vote YES on Assemblymember Glick's Packaging Reduction Act - Bill 1749 !

#PeopleOverPlastic !!

Lobbyist claims that New York anti-plastic bill would harm people of color called ‘misleading’ Bill that aims to reduce plastic packaging by 30% in 12 years faces staunch opposition by some business interests

"The efforts to kill the plastic legislation are “plainly racist”, said state assembly member Claire Valdez... 'These companies just want to be able to continue pushing their product on exploited and under-resourced communities without consequence.'”

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Man purchases 2-bedroom house after recycling nearly half a million cans in reverse vending machines — here's how he did it One Australian man used his local Return and Earn program to save a down payment for a house.

In Australia, where the bottle deposit is 10 cents, a man purchased a home with just the income he made from returning bottles!

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🐝 Come volunteer at Sure We Can tomorrow morning!

Riven Opens Tonight! — Sure We Can Dear friend, Tonight is opening night of Riven , a new play created by NYC-based theater artist Marina Zurita and her exciting team of collaborators, from stories and interviews with waste pickers i...

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"Advocates say the Bigger Better Bottle Bill would not only benefit canners and struggling families but also deliver significant financial and environmental gains for New York City and state."

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@nypirg.bsky.social @beyondplastics.bsky.social

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!