FABSCRAP BROOKLYN VOLUNTEER On Monday, January 31st, from 9 am to 12 pm, 12 members from the Staten Island Technical High School Key Club went to the FABSCRAP event. FABSCRAP is a nonprofit organization that focuses on reusing and recycling textile “waste” to make sure that none of it goes to waste. They pick up the “waste” fabrics from companies and recycle them and get them ready to sell to artists, designers, etc. at an extremely affordable price. Any money they make will cover their service fee and excess money will be used towards their charitable mission. The event took place at the Brooklyn Army Terminal. At the event, we helped sort out different types of fabrics into categories like shred, spandex, wool, polyester, cotton, etc. We sorted out the different types of fabrics from boxes using scissors and staple removers. The fabrics were then put into trash bags depending on their category. Once the box was done, the fabrics sorted into bags would be weighed and set aside. These would then be recycled and resold to people at a very small price and allow things to not go to waste. After the sorting, we were each allowed up to a pound of free fabric for us to keep. For me personally, the event was fun and quite unique. I have never seen a nonprofit that focused on reusing and recycling fabrics before. The people there were also extremely nice and helpful. They explained how to sort out the fabrics, what kind of fabrics go where, and answered any sort of questions we had. I would recommend this event and do it again. 14
JOEY HUANG, SI TECH
