Repair Café could be in store for North Battleford

Jul 2, 2019 | 1:59 PM

An international movement designed to reduce waste could find its way to North Battleford this fall.

As part of national Waste Reduction Week in October, the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council (SWRD) is pushing to organize a concerted effort to host Repair Cafés across Saskatchewan.

Repair cafés are pop-up, one-day events designed to promote community building and recycling by encouraging residents to fix their broken items. ‘Fixers’ help patrons repair household items like electrical devices, clothing, jewelry, furniture and more, all for free.

Together with repair expert volunteers, attendees can learn how to make their own repairs.

The movement started in Amsterdam in 2009 and there are more than 1,000 cafés worldwide.

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“We want to move the conversation away from consumption and towards reserving resources and to get people to think about really practical ways they can make things last longer and keep things out of landfills,” SWRC Executive Director Joanne Fedyk said.

The event is tentatively slated for Saturday, Oct. 26.

Prince Albert hosted its first repair event in March of 2018 to great fanfare, so much so the cafés continue to run monthly. Bike repair and other facets have been added over the last year as more volunteers come on board.

Calls for volunteer repair experts will go out closer to the event as well as a location, according to a report to city council.

“In the times we are living in, it is a bit of a disposable culture,” Mayor Ryan Bater said. “People have something and when it doesn’t work anymore, it gets tossed out for a new one.”

He said any way to breathe new life into items through initiatives like the Repair Café are welcomed.

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by Tyler Marr

Repair Café could be in store for North Battleford

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