The organizations listed in this WAW database were the result of the effort to merge in one place multiple waste picker related organizations data bases in 2014. Visit the current list of affiliates to the International Alliance of Waste Pickers.

Sure We Can Inc.

Brooklyn, United States of America

Website: surewecan.org

Primary information

Year formed: 2007
Formally registered: On
Language: English, Spanish
Type of members: Members are waste pickers
Occupation of members: Itinerant workers, Waste pickers
Type of Organization: Community based organization, Non profit organization
Organizational Reach: Local
Workplace of members: Sorting center
Women composition

Social networking sites

Benefits

Services

Types of materials: Bottles, Cans, Glass, Plastics
Activities: Collecting materials, Collection of recyclables, Community sale of materials, Community storage of materials, Selling materials
Sorting Spaces: Sorting center

Complementary Information

Information source: Lucia Fernandez

Comments / Narrative

Contact information

Available information upon request.

Last updates from Sure We Can Inc.

At GlobalRec.org

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