Join us for our Fall 2024 Reuse-a-Palooza at The Plant!
(Want to cut to the chase and see the list of items we’re collecting/handling/donating? LOOK HERE!)
This semiannual event provides opportunities to repair clothing and household items, safely dispose tricky-to-recycle items, and donate bicycles, gently used books, and more, all the while bringing attention to strategies to reduce waste and improve environmental conditions.
We’ll be joined by an amazing group of waste-reduction and repurposing enthusiasts focusing on approaches to purchasing and consumption that make good sense economically, environmentally, and socially. Plan to see our friends at Reduce Waste Chicago, EcoShip, PCs for People, Community Glue, Working Bikes, Open Books, Envision Unlimited, Creative Chicago Reuse Exchange, the WasteShed, PAWS Chicago, and others, who will be on hand to repair, responsibly recycle, craft with upcycled materials.
New for this edition are Cradles to Crayons, the Rebuilding Exchange, and Trash Castle, a recent addition to Bubbly, which will be showing off how they repurpose plastics into new products.
You’ll also get to learn about volunteer opportunities and discuss new strategies to reduce our environmental footprint and advocate for greater change with the Chicago Recycling Coalition, 350 Chicago, Environment Illinois, and the City of Chicago’s Dept. of Streets & Sanitation.
And yes, of course, we’ve got some Halloween fun in the hopper: bring your costume from last year, and try out one that’s new to you! The Chicago Green Theatre Alliance will get us started with their stash of donated costumes. Weird & wacky accessories, nail polish, and unused makeup are all welcomed for the exchange. The WasteShed will be on hand to assist with hand-sewing repairs or decorations of costumes (or other garments), and they’ll host a mask-making station as well!
Plus, Bubbly Dynamics will be showcasing our in-house practices to refuse, reduce, reuse, repurpose, and recycle materials here at The Plant and at Bubbly. We will be offering a tour of The Plant at 2pm sharp — advance tickets are strongly suggested and can be purchased here.
Even if you’ve come to Reuse-a-Palooza before, PLEASE check the master list of accepted items. Reduce Waste Chicago has kindly offered to compile all the items being collected by attending organizations into a single, eyeball-friendly list HERE!
Come hungry, as there will be something for everyone thanks to MeetStop by Ste Martaen and Bell Heir’s BBQ.
For our building's directory to get a better idea of where to donate what during the event, CLICK HERE.