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9 - 15 may 2018
by KYLIE WILSON
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◆ HAVE TOOLS, WILL FIX: Members of the Wangaratta Repair Café team (from left) Gillian Anderson, Luke Stone, Rohan Latimer and Richard Paschke. PHOTO: Kylie Wilson
PRIDE in giving items a new lease of life, as well as friendly social connection and a desire to help the environment, has brought together people from all walks of life to form the Wangaratta Repair Café. The group, which has been working together since spring 2017, is part of a larger international movement which has gained popularity in recent years and has seen the group hold regular repair sessions in the town. Repair Cafés are community-run organisations where volunteers get together to help members of the public repair their small broken items in order to reduce wastage, keep items out of landfill and more. Since beginning in Wangaratta, Repair Café members have helped repair a range of items, from antique clocks to punctured bicycle tyres, vacuum cleaners, wool garments and more, and in the process, have kept them out of landfill. Committee member Richard Paschke said he loves to repair things and is also driven to keep rubbish out of landfill.
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