Scrap Exchange Celebrates Women’s Empowerment by featuring Local Artist’s Purse Designs
The Scrap Exchange celebrates Women’s History Month by featuring Zanobia Sewing’s one-of-a-kind handbag creations. The totes feature empowering designs using locally sourced cloth from Spoonflower, a celebration of beauty and power evident in every design. The handbags can be...
The Scrap Exchange is Offering Online Creative Classes
There is no reason the pandemic has to put the kibosh on your creativity. The Scrap Exchange is excited to provide you with Creative Classes Online! Below are just a few reasons why you should consider joining us for...
As we close out 2020, we hope you will watch our short video message.
On the first day of 2021, here’s our TOP 10 ACCOMPLISHMENTS and favorite moments last year despite the pandemic tribulation of 2020! #10 OUR REACH: Did you know that the Scrap Exchange interacted with more than 100,000 people through store visitors and...
The Scrap Exchange Supports Vulnerable Communities with Mask Initiatives
During the Stay at Home period, while their physical stores were closed, the Scrap Exchange pivoted to create an online store. In response to the demand for face coverings, the Scrap Exchange provided jobs for some furloughed employees by...
Reopening During COVID-19: UPDATED
Many of you have asked when you come back to the Scrap Exchange. Well, how about now? Come In and Shop You can now come in and shop at the Scrap Thrift and Reuse Arts Shop during our modified...
Statement About the Death of George Floyd
We at the Scrap Exchange continue to be appalled by the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many others. We are keenly aware that continual, racially motivated injustices endured by communities of color are rarely captured...
The Cameron Gallery & Marketplace Ribbon Cutting was a Success!
Check out our news coverage, covered by Spectrum News! Our ribbon cutting event on February 22nd, 2020 was a huge success. Over 100 people came to shop, eat, and help cut the ribbon to officially re-open the Cameron Gallery...
What’s New? How About Our Website!
You Might Have Noticed Some Changes… We are happy to announce the launch of our new website! Even though the site has a new look and feel, you will find that we stuck to our Scrap-py roots and reused...
What’s the Big Deal about Creative Reuse?
photos and article by Alice Carroll Not exactly sure what a creative reuse center is? Very niche, I know, but picture this: the motherload, heaven on earth, honey hole place for people who love to get crafty, find inspiration,...
Why Reuse is NOT Recycling
by Alice Carroll You might have heard of the three R’s- reduce, reuse, recycle- but they’re actually in this order for a very specific reason. They’re in order of what’s best for our planet. When we reduce, we lower...
Scrap Exchange Shopper Highlight
Casey Bingham by Alice Carroll The unique stories of every shopper at the Scrap Exchange are powerful testimonies of how our non- profit organization impacts the Durham community. Casey Bingham shared her connection to the store and how it...
A Brief Primer on Ecological Car Disposal
In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22nd, we showcase this Primer from UCSD Master's student, Gabe Vargas on ecological car disposal.
Earth Hour 2021
Did you know that you can help the environment just by turning off your lights? According to an article published by Boston University, if you turn off the lights whenever you leave a room, you can reduce greenhouse gas...
COVID-19 Positive Test Case on 1/5/2021.
We value proactive and transparent communications and want to inform the public that an employee tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. This employee works in a “low contact” position with infrequent or indirect contact with the...
Holiday Shop Updates and Our Wishes for the Season!
It is not too late to check out our Holiday Gift Shop, currently in our Cameron Gallery! And No Matter What You Are Celebrating… We understand that 2020 has been a challenging and taxing for everyone and truly hope...
Art Is All Around Us
The Scrap Exchange is not just for donating your old, gently used items or scraps, or shopping to find your own second-hand treasures. It is also a place to enjoy creative reuse art both inside the shops and throughout...
Simply The Best
You Made Us Look Good Thanks to you, our shoppers, patrons, supporters, donors, staff and volunteers, the Scrap Exchange, was voted Best of the Triangle in three categories (and a finalist in a fourth) AND Best of Durham! We...