The WasteShed

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.