Last Friday, a group gathered inside a building in East London, holding an unusual medley of used goods, from tattered teddy bears and old shoes to an elegant but broken vintage blender. These people ...

Even a small repair can keep an appliance, piece of furniture or other item out of the landfill while also helping someone on a tight budget. Sustainable living organization Re.Use.Full is hoping to ...

Ginny Walton is the recycling coordinator for the town of Mansfield. In 2013, she was approached by someone who had seen an article about Repair Cafés in the Netherlands. “She thought it was a great ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In today’s culture, when something breaks, we don’t usually fix it. Instead, we replace it, and whatever we had before, simply ends up at the dump. Repair Café is trying to change ...

For Saratoga residents with broken toasters, bicycles, blenders and other household items, a new panacea awaits: the Saratoga Library’s repair cafe. At the June 30 event, residents were invited to ...

The Spokane Repair Café was launched the same year by a group of Perry District neighbors who were already swapping tools and helping each other repair each other’s things. While their events and ...

Volunteers will help residents this Saturday fix up to two household items for free, from electronics to furniture, toys, ...

Since opening, organisers say the project has helped keep 155kg of waste out of landfill and avoided an estimated 1,290kg of ...

The Iowa City Repair Cafe will host a free event next month to help community members fix broken household items instead of ...