Sure We Can

Join our team! Read full job description and apply at 🔗 www.bit.ly/outreach-role-swc

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/

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 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.

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 of service last weekend!

🌷💚 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!