PRESS

3/19/24 - Next City - New York’s Can Collectors Say It’s Time For Their First Raise in 40 Years

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

NYC Canners, James Purefoy | In Short

Can you survive in New York recycling cans for $0.05?

The rich, the poor, and the trash

How Much Does New York Actually Recycle? - NYC Revealed

Are we recycling wrong?

Glass, Metal, Plastic: The Story of New York’s Canners

09/16 - CUNY TV - Nueva York - by Alex Lora

Uploaded by Sure We Can - Info on 2016-05-20.

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.