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The WasteShed

Chicago, IL
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www.thewasteshed.com/

    • About Us

    Our Mission

    The WasteShed provides Chicago with an organized, affordable, and reliable resource for repurposed art, craft, and school materials, and with a dynamic center for activities related to sustainability, art, craft, education, and material culture. We connect Chicagoans who are interested in: 

    • living more sustainably
    • seeking inspiration in unconventional materials
    • getting the most out of the resources they have on hand
    • or just making projects at a low cost.

    While sustainability is the ultimate goal, creative reuse foregrounds practical, economical, and fun hands-on activities as points of entry into larger discussions about the things we own, and the way we live. 

    Our Mission

    The WasteShed provides Chicago with an organized, affordable, and reliable resource for repurposed art, craft, and school materials, and with a dynamic center for activities related to sustainability, art, craft, education, and material culture. We connect Chicagoans who are interested in: 

    • living more sustainably
    • seeking inspiration in unconventional materials
    • getting the most out of the resources they have on hand
    • or just making projects at a low cost.

    While sustainability is the ultimate goal, creative reuse foregrounds practical, economical, and fun hands-on activities as points of entry into larger discussions about the things we own, and the way we live. 

    Cause Areas Include

    • Arts & Music
    • Education

    Location & Contact

    Illustration

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