Plastic Free Challenge - Day 18

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Today's challenge is to "attend the Repair Café in Kensington at the Murray Christian Centre". Got something that needs fixing? Don't throw it out, bring it to the Repair Café, a volunteer led initiative supported by the community. The hours are from 10am-2pm, you can drop by anytime and get your items repaired by donation.


If you are participating in this challenge from outside PEI, or can't get to Kensington today you can always do your own mini "repair café" at home. Have a look through your home for clothes that may need a button sewn on, broken toys that may just need a dab of glue, a bike that may need some air in the tires or oil on the chain, or any electronics that you could take into a local repair shop to see if they can be fixed.

The green concept of the Repair Café is to try to fix items (when possible) to extend the useful life, instead of throwing it out and having that item end up in a landfill, and then going out and purchasing another. Here is a video from their recent Repair Café at Holland College:


For more information and upcoming events visit Repair Cafe PEI on Facebook.

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