Based in Ronkonkoma, Long Island, Materials Resource Center is a non-profit store dedicated to waste reduction through reuse.  Our staff obtains unique scrap and surplus materials from local industry and makes them available to schools, organizations, and the public for creative learning and hands-on activities.

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
The MRC will be closed on July 4, 2009 in observance of Independence Day.
Weekdays 10am to 6pm
Saturdays 10am to 4pm
2111D Lakeland Avenue, Ronkonkoma, NY
(Cash or Check only, please)

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Ideas for Reuse

Click here for more helpful Reuse ideas from the NYSDEC

Click here to view our online gallery of items made with MRC materials!

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YOU MUST VIEW THIS CLASSROOM VIDEO! The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns.

Click here to find out more about the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act and here to see how we are complying with this act.

Trash to Treasure

The Materials Resource Center is a service of the Association for Resource Conservation, Inc.
The Association for Resource Conservation, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
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