Sure We Can

Sure We Can
Company typeNon-Profit Organization
IndustryRecycling
FoundedBrooklyn, NY, 2007
FounderAna Martinez de Luco
Eugene Gadsden
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
,
U.S.
Area served
New York City
Key people
Ryan Castilia (executive director)[1]
ServicesProviding redemption services
Websitesurewecan.org

Sure We Can is a nonprofit redemption center and community hub based in Brooklyn, New York.[2] Sure We Can provides container-deposit redemption services to the Brooklyn, New York area. Additionally, the organization serves as a community hub for the canner community that redeems there and for local environmental causes that promote the organizations dedication to sustainability.[3][4][5]

Recyclables are stacked, palleted, and stored in shipping containers before pick-up.
  1. ^ Yi, Karen (March 8, 2024). "As more people turn to collecting bottles and cans, NY lawmakers push doubling refunds". Gothamist. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  2. ^ Kilgannon, Corey (June 19, 2015). "A 'Street Nun' Who Specializes in Redemption". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Watt, Cecilia (March 1, 2019). "New York's canners: the people who survive off a city's discarded cans". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  4. ^ "Canners Versus the City–The Fight Over Your Empties". Brooklyn Based. April 24, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2019.
  5. ^ "In the shadow of Brooklyn's luxury apartments, "canners" form a tight-knit community". Mic. July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2019.