Sure We Can

Sure We Can Sure We Can is a non-profit recycling center, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn.

Sure We Can is a non-profit recycling center, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn where canners, students and neighbors come together through recycling, composting, gardening and art. Our mission is to support the local community, particularly the most vulnerable residents, and promote social inclusion, environmental awareness and economic empowerment. For over 9 years, Sure We Can

has supported canners, who are people that make a living collecting cans and bottles from the streets and redeeming them for 5 cents each. Today, it has evolved into a community center that promotes a sustainable urban culture and facilitates a circular economy.

Read more about our pop-up redemption center in Columbus Park last week that simulated the conditions of a Bigger Better...
06/02/2026

Read more about our pop-up redemption center in Columbus Park last week that simulated the conditions of a Bigger Better Better Bottle Bill. We redeemed 50,000 bottles and cans in 3 hours!

“Our communities depend on canners and the Bottle Bill whether we’re aware of it or not,” Castalia said. “It’s the most effective recycling system we have, yet is treated with tremendous neglect. Modernization is decades overdue. When will our leaders recognize what works instead of kicking the can down the road and hoping someone else picks it up?” - Ryan Castalia, Sure We Can

In collaboration with Canal Street Research Association, Siyan Wong, Welcome to Chinatown, World Connect.

Read the full article: https://documentedny.com/2026/05/28/canners-support-bottle-bill/

05/29/2026

5 cents today just isn’t the same incentive as it was in 1982, over 40 years ago!

Passing the Bigger Better Bottle Bill will improve recycling rates & strengthen the best recycling system New York has ♻️

Theres less than ONE WEEK left for our state representatives to pass the bill this year. Contact your senators and assemblymembers & urge them to support the Bigger Better Bottle Bill! Take action now! 🔗 www.bottlebill40.org/take-action

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Best way to start the long weekend! Thank you volunteers!
05/22/2026

Best way to start the long weekend! Thank you volunteers!

Thank you Stantec team for the hard work helping us sort through thousands of bottles & cans, and for the lively discuss...
05/07/2026

Thank you Stantec team for the hard work helping us sort through thousands of bottles & cans, and for the lively discussion during the educational section of the day! ⭐

Want to organize a volunteer event with your team? Email us at [email protected]!

☀️♻️🌻 Our next volunteer day is coming up May 22! Join us to help sort bottles & cans on their way to being recycled.Sig...
05/04/2026

☀️♻️🌻 Our next volunteer day is coming up May 22! Join us to help sort bottles & cans on their way to being recycled.

Sign up: www.bit.ly/swc-may2026-volunteer

🌧 Rainy weather can't stop Brooklyn! Thanks to all the awesome volunteers that joined us for the 2026 Brooklyn Org day o...
05/01/2026

🌧 Rainy weather can't stop Brooklyn! Thanks to all the awesome volunteers that joined us for the 2026 Brooklyn Org day of service last weekend!

🌷💚 Thanks for celebrating Earth Day with us! We picked up 8 bags worth of trash from the neighborhood, sorted hundreds o...
04/27/2026

🌷💚 Thanks for celebrating Earth Day with us!

We picked up 8 bags worth of trash from the neighborhood, sorted hundreds of bottles & cans for recycling, planted dozens of seeds for our garden, heard from 3 community experts about canning in NYC!

04/21/2026

🌎🌷See you for tomorrow at Sure We Can for Earth Day!

Address

219 McKibbin Street
New York, NY
11206

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 5pm
Thursday 7:30am - 5pm
Friday 7:30am - 5pm
Saturday 7:30am - 1am

Telephone

+13474639257

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