Other Resources for Creative Reuse
CCRx Haves + Needs Facebook group
Post a description, photos, approximate location, and any other details that would help our group members connect with you, then those interested can contact you directly. Be sure to include email or phone number and a time frame for pick up. Thank -you for trying to keep these items out of the trash stream!
Chicago Furniture Bank will take furniture and household items for charity
The Honest Junk Company Chicago's premier junk removal company that is a 501c3 partnering with many Chicago charities.
Community Glue Community repair clinics
Cradles to Crayons School supplies for individual children
EALgreen Nationwide redistributor of industrial and building materials supporting scholarships.
Home Goods & Clothes
Unique https://www.savers.com/unique
Art supplies
The Waste Shed https://www.thewasteshed.com/
Donations accepted during store hours Tuesday - Saturday. No donations on Sundays.
Building home renovation materials
ReStore Chicago www.habitatchicago.org/restore
Building fixtures/home repair, old house paint Rebuilding Exchange www.rebuildingexchange.org/
Rebuilding Exchange schedules pick-ups Wednesday through Saturday. All materials must be uninstalled prior to our arrival and located on the ground floor unless there is access to a freight elevator and loading dock.
Tools Chicago Tool Library www.chicagotoollibrary.org/donate
Tool donations should meet the following criteria:
the tool will help you accomplish a task or project
in good working condition
movable by a single person (in order to take it home and borrow it)
in demand/asked for by the community
not powered by gasoline or kerosene
Pet products Chicago Canine Rescue (pet food and pet items)
https://chicagocaninerescue.org/resources/pet-food-pantry/
West Suburbs:
Please donate textbooks, school supplies, and items educators can use to SCARCE www.scarce.org/
799 Roosevelt Rd. Building 2, Suite 108, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
Sharehowse
Evanston ReBuilding Warehouse
Habitat for Humanity ReStore Chicago
SCARCE
The Waste Shed
Wondering about specific items?
Pianos: Piano Adoption Illinois