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#KentUK #RepairCafé celebrates decade of reducing waste
Story by Zac Sherratt - BBC News, March 8, 2025
"A Kent repair café which has become a 'cornerstone of sustainability and community spirit' is celebrating a decade since its launch.
"#FavershamRepairCafé runs on the second Saturday of each month at The Spire Church, and this month's session will be exactly 10 years since it began.
"The café's volunteers have repaired more than 2,800 items, from household appliances to cherished personal belongings.
"Founder and chairman Prof Martin Charter said he and the team were looking forward to reducing waste and strengthening community bonds for years to come.
"Prof Charter began a series of pilot repair cafés in 2014 before officially launching the project the following year.
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"More than 6,000 people have visited the café, all playing their part in diverting an estimated 7.5 tonnes of waste from #landfills and saving roughly 70.1 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions."
Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/repair-caf%C3%A9-celebrates-decade-of-reducing-waste/ar-AA1AuKCf
#RepairCafes #RepairCafesUK #SolarPunkSunday #FixIt #RightToRepair
@DoomsdaysCW These are AWESOME
it is strange because I had the impression that Repair Cafés were founded by a Dutch woman, Marine Postma, in Amsterdam. It was so successful that she extended it to other countries.
@Alexandrad1 @DoomsdaysCW
You are correct - I think this professor founded repair cafes in Kent, England, only, but the way it is written it is ambiguous.
That's odd that the article doesn't mention the Dutch origins. Oh well... @huxley @Alexandrad1
@DoomsdaysCW @huxley @Alexandrad1
British media loves to overemphasise or misattribute ideas/inventions to British (especially "English") people.