Material Donations

When can I donate my stuff?

Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11am to 5:30pm

Sunday, Monday, Thursday: Closed for Donations

How do I donate my stuff?

1) Make sure all donations are clean and sorted. We will not accept items that are unclean, covered in mildew or mold, stained, or unable to be immediately reused.

2) When dropping off donations, please pull your car under the blue awning at Scrap Thrift Store. Donations are not accepted at the Reuse Arts Center.

3) A Scrap staffer will help you unload items out of your car and hand you a tax receipt slip if you would like.

What do I do if it’s a non-donation day?

  • Please do not dump donations at our stores! If it’s a non-donation day, we cannot accept your donation at either store.

  • If we are closed for donations, please come back another day or visit one of our friends at Nearly New, Pennies for Change, or Habitat ReStore.

Below is a list of guidelines of the things we cannot accept and the things we love to receive!

YES PLEASE!

  • Accessories (belts, purses, hats, gloves)

  • Architectural and design samples

  • Art Supplies (pencils, pens, sketchbooks, paint, canvases, etc.)

  • Books

  • Bottle caps, rubber bands

  • Bicycles, bike parts, and accessories

  • Clothing T-Shirts, Dresses, Pants, Jeans, Jackets, Blouses, Tank Tops, Children’s Clothes, and more (clean and in good condition, no used socks or underthings)

  • Crafting Supplies

  • Containers (Crates and tubs, totes with lids, stackable drawers, clementine crates, milk crates, etc.)

  • Fabric and Yarn

  • Fasteners and fixtures (hooks, doorknobs, screws, nails, wire, rope, keys, locks)

  • Furniture (dressers, wardrobes, tables, chairs, things that are easy for someone to fit in a personal vehicle)

  • Gears and wheels (no car tires)

  • Gift wrap (on rolls) and party supplies

  • Housewares (pots, pans, utensils, teakettles, serve-ware, toasters, etc.)

  • Jewelry (costume, broken, and fancy)

  • Magazines

  • Musical Instruments (we cannot accommodate large instruments such as pianos)

  • Office supplies (paper clips, pens, notepads, phone memo books, file folders, etc.)

  • Packing materials (moving boxes, packing paper, bubble wrap, packing peanuts)

  • Paper

  • Photography equipment and projectors

  • Picture frames

  • Reusable Shopping Bags

  • Science and lab glass

  • Sewing accessories

  • Small electronics (video game consoles, remote controls, speakers, radios, etc.)

  • Shoes (clean and in good condition)

  • Sporting goods (No Large Exercise equipment)

  • Tins and containers (decorative tins, cigar boxes, coffee tins, oatmeal containers, etc.)

  • Tools, power tools, hand tools, yard and garden equipment

  • Toys and games, Barbie dolls

  • Trophies and awards, plaques, ribbons, etc.

  • Vintage and collectible items

  • Vinyl Records (in good conditon!), cassette tapes, VHS tapes, CD’s, DVD’s

NO THANKS

  • 3-Ring Binders

  • Baby Bath Seats, Baby Car Seats, Cribs, High-chairs, Playpens, Strollers, Walkers

  • Bean Bag Chairs (or stuffed animals with same material filling)

  • Bed Linens, Sleeping Pillows, Throw Pillows

  • Beds, Bed Frames, Mattresses, Box Springs, Inflatable Mattresses, Futons

  • Cardboard & Single Stream Recycling (Packing and Packaging boxes OK!)

  • Christmas, Halloween, or Any other Holiday more than 3 Months Away

  • Coaxial Cable

  • CRT Computer Monitors

  • Drywall & Particle Board

  • E-Waste (Non-Working Electronics)

  • Egg crates

  • Halogen Lamps, Ceiling Fans, Light Fixtures with Exposed Wires (Needs to have a plug)

  • Clothes Hangers

  • Home Recorded Media (VHS, Cassette, etc.)

  • House Paint (All Colors)

  • Household Recycling

  • Humidifiers, Vaporizers

  • Large Appliances (Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Stoves, Etc.)

  • Large exercise equipment (treadmills, elliptical machines, etc) 

  • Light Bulbs (All Kinds, Any Kind!)

  • Medical Supplies (All Kinds, including crutches, braces, boots, wheel chairs)

  • Moldy or Mildew Covered items

  • Printers, Scanners, Copiers

  • Recyclables (Think pasta sauce jars, pickle jars, plastic single use containers or paper single use containers)

  • Sheets of unframed glass

  • Sheets of unframed mirror

  • Slide Tray Carousels

  • Styrofoam

  • Taxidermy items

  • Toxic Materials

  • Tupperware and plastic containers

  • Tube Televisions (Anything Not Flat Screen)

  • Vacuums, Steamers, Rug Cleaners

  • White, Gray, Black and Brown tile

We Take Industrial Products, Too!

We collect clean, safe, reusable industrial discards as well as new, finished products from a variety of businesses.

If you would like to donate non-toxic industrial products please contact us at collections@scrapexchange.org.

Some examples of industrial donations we accept are:

  • large tubes and rubberbands

  • foam and packaging

  • leather and fabric