NEWS
PRESS
12/18/24 - NYC News Service - They get paid 5 cents per can. But the city could lock away their revenue.
11/27/24 - Slate - Why New York’s “Canners” Think Those Recyclables Should Be Worth More Than 5 Cents a Pop
9/12/24 - Canary Media - Cans to car parts: Inside the complex, crucial world of aluminum recycling
9/5/24 - The NY Groove - ‘Don’t lock up the trash!’ say the recyclers
6/5/24 - East New York - ‘Sure We Can’ Leads Brooklyn’s Push for Boosted Can Deposit Rates in NYC
7/5/24 - Inside Edition - Non-Profit Recycling Center Redeems 1 Million Bottles Per Month
7/20/24 - The Guardian - He ‘redeems’ the trash New Yorkers throw away, finding value – and opportunity – in waste
7/1/24 - CBS NY - Brooklyn nonprofit recycling center sees rise in bottle deposit collectors
6/5/24 - BKReader - Brooklyn Recycling Center, Sure We Can, Fights for Higher Deposit for NYC Canners.
5/24/24 - Next City - NYC’s Independent Recyclers Emerged From the Pandemic Stronger Than Ever. Here’s How.
3/19/24 - Next City - New York’s Can Collectors Say It’s Time For Their First Raise in 40 Years
3/9/24 - BK Reader - First Ever Report on “Canners”Shines Light on City's Hidden Workforce
2/18/24 - NY Times - My Grandpa Redeemed Cans for Money. He Deserved a Raise.
11/27/23 - Lohud - They gather up cans and bottles on NY streets for recycling. And they could use a raise
6/26/2023 - Spectrum News NY1 - Chris Hartmann: Helping out one can at a time
6/1/2022 - Greenline - Sure We Can lights up PET lamps
6/21/2021 - BKReader - Bushwick Non-Profit for Can and Bottle Collectors Fights to Stay Open
3/13/24 - NY1 - Josefa Marín, recogedora de botellas y latas, espera políticos aprueben ley para mejor pago por reciclaje
3/8/24 - Gothamist - As more people turn to collecting bottles and cans, NY lawmakers push doubling refunds
4/22/2022 - News12 The Bronx - Nonprofit 'Sure We Can' fundraises to keep doors open for canners
6/23/2021 - TheRealDeal - Lifeline for canners needs city's help to buy redemption center site
10/31/2021 - France24 - The New York 'canners' recycling discarded bottles to survive
06/21/2020 - Informal Recyclers are Essential to a Just and Green NYC; Here’s 7 Things We Must Do To Help Them Survive
04/16/2020 - Informal Recyclers Fight for Survival in Gentrifying Brooklyn
12/26/2019 - In New York, making ends meet on the 5-cent recycling deposit
05/28/2020 - NYC's Last Non-Profit Can Redemption Center Is Fighting to Stay Open
02/17/2020 - How one woman in New York City makes ends meet by collecting cans
01/09/2020 - Wasted Potential: The fiscal hazards facing New York City’s recycling program
12/26/2019 - How Can Collectors Make Ends Meet
08/21/2019 - Led by a Spanish nun, bottle and can collectors seek a raise
Videos
12/14/2023 - Sure We Can | NYC Connect
8/25/2023 - Our community helped save a small NYC recycling center from eviction | The Story of Stuff Project
How Much Does New York Actually Recycle? - NYC Revealed
09/16 - CUNY TV - Nueva York - by Alex Lora
Gabriela Bortolamedi - A great introduction video to the work of Sure We Can to address the current hardships that come with canning.
By Anna Fawcus - The video describes how and why SWC was established, presents the first board members and expressions of support from members
By Claudia Baez - The grassroots organization, Sure We Can, is looking to raise funds to better the working conditions of their Non-Profit can and bottle redemption center in Brooklyn.