News from the Repair Café

Hungerford Repair Café 21^st September 2024

Last Saturday Hungerford Repair Café opened its doors again at the Croft Hall to help local folk fix their broken things. In all, we weighed about 60 Kg of household products that otherwise may have ended up in landfill or as recycled electronic waste. People who visited us were unanimous in their thanks for items that now have an extended life and we all enjoyed taking part in a fun social project.

According to the Restart Project website, our Repair Café is just one of over 650 community repair organisations in the UK. We are part of a burgeoning global movement which is encouraging manufacturers to make things repairable, governments to put in place workable regulations and people to exercise their right to repair what they own. The UK is the second largest producer of electronic waste per capita in the world. Without action, this problem will get worse as we consume and discard more and more household products.

Repair Café International, founded in Amsterdam, celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, there will be a Repair Café “XL” in The Hague where the Dutch government is housed. Hungerford Repair Café has sent a bunting flag made by Beverley, one of our volunteers, to be strung up with hundreds of such flags from Repair Cafés around the world. The flag shown here includes images of our canal bridge, a canal boat and the clock tower of the town hall. Hungerford Repair Café is named on the other side. Well done, Beverley! Hungerford is proud to be part of an international effort to help reduce waste and prolong the life of our treasured possessions. 

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