Sure We Can
Sure We Can is a non-profit redemption center in Brooklyn, New York. In 2019, the center redeemed 10 million cans and bottles.[1]
| Sure We Can | |
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| Formation | 2007 |
| Type | Non-Profit Organization |
| Purpose/focus | Recycling |
Sure We Can was founded in 2007, by Ana Martinez de Luco and Eugene Gadsden.
The organization also serves the community on environmental and sustainability issues, producing and delivering compost.[2]
Sure We Can Media
Short video on Sure We Can - released 2021
Entrance on McKibbin Street
Recyclables are stacked, palleted, and stored in shipping containers before pick-up.
Bottles and cans are sorted by manufacturer.
Bottles and cans are sorted and stored throughout the facility.
A community celebration at Sure We Can in the garden community space
Community space and garden at Sure We Can
Stacks of sorted bottles and cans wait to be picked up for recycling.
Sure We Can employee holds a sample sheet of the upcycled plastic film product the redemption center is working on.
References
- ↑ "Sure We Can - Scrap Yard in Brooklyn,New York, United States". ScrapMonster.
- ↑ Watt, Cecilia (2019-03-01). "New York's canners: the people who survive off a city's discarded cans" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/mar/01/new-yorks-canners-the-people-who-survive-off-a-citys-discarded-cans. Retrieved 2020-06-26.