Background and Mission
SCRAP Humboldt is "a project of SCRAP, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our mission is to inspire creative reuse and environmentally sustainable behavior by providing educational programs and affordable materials to the community."
Projects
The Spring 2013 semester of ENGR215 Introduction to Design is working with SCRAP Humboldt to design and build projects that upcycle and elevate waste through sound design in Humboldt County.
Potential Projects
All of these projects should leverage the mission and resources of SCRAP to elevate waste through sound design in Humboldt County.
- Check-out Desk
- Rulers fixed to top to measure fabric/paper size
- Space for a digital scale
- Drawers that can be locked
- Aesthetic
- Multifunction
- Tinkerer Desk
- Aesthetic
- Functional
- Streamlined
- Adaptable
- Space for tools to be chained to/ drawers/electrical cords
- Bike trailer/loading cart
- A bike trailer to pick up materials from donors and can be taken off and used as a cart to load donations in and bring into the store
- Sturdy
- Self contained
- Spirograph (or other portable art maker)
- See previously constructed spin art machine
- Age/ability accessible
- Safe
- Portable (must be carried by 1-2 people)
- Two (2) Waste Stream Educational Class kit
- 1 Focused on STEM education using waste stream inputs
- 1 Focused on waste stream learning
- Similar to the existing t-shirt kit/ talk to Patti (Educational Director at SCRAP Humboldt)
- Portable (carried by 1 person)
- Educational value (3rd-8th grade)
- Self-contained
- 3D printed projects that adapt waste to a usable project (up to three teams can do this)
- Reinvents a waste product
- Broad application
- Part should be very inexpensive and bring more value
- Upcycle Carpet Samples
- Upcycle CDs & CD cases
- Upcycle Binders
- Upcycle Malt bags from brewery/chicken feed bags/ bird seed bags (plastic woven mesh)
- Upcycle Marimba 1 Rosewood waste material