The Scrap Exchange

Tap into your students creativity with a trip to the Scrap Exchange in Durham. Donated scrap materials that were destined for the landfill can be used to make fun art projects and help students learn the importance of recycling.

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Located in Liberty Warehouse in the Central Park district of downtown Durham, the Scrap Exchange has been working with kids of all ages since 1991 to tap into their creativity with clean, high-quality, low-cost items that would have been thrown away. The Scrap Exchange holds workshops for students to “help children transform clean, reusable industrial discards into inventions for science, hats and costumes for plays, games and toys for fun, and much more.”

Workshops for professional development are offered to educators that provide ideas for uses of materials in the classroom. Both workshops for students and teachers are offered either on-site or at your school for a fee. In addition, scrap items may be purchased to refill teaching supplies.

For information on the Scrap Exchange and their programs contact Outreach Events Coordinator Shannon Morrow at (919) 682-2751 or send her a message at events@scrapexchange.org.

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