#SalemMA - #ZeroWasteSalem #RepairCafe and #TerraCycle Collection

Saturday, May 16, 9am to Noon

Community Life Center
401 Bridge Street
Salem, MA

"Don’t throw away your broken item – bring it to the Repair Café! Zero Waste Salem will be hosting a Repair Café on Saturday, May 16 from 9am-12 noon at the Community Life Center at 401 Bridge Street.

Appointments are required and walk-ins will not be accepted. Pre-registration is required via link (stay tuned for updates) or email [email protected].

Repair volunteers at this event will be available to mend clothing, sew buttons, and tinker with or rewire electronics and lamps. Please keep in mind these services may change as we confirm volunteers. We hope to see you at this fun event where you can learn how to fix things and reduce your waste!

TERRACYCLE — We’re collecting FIVE TerraCycle categories of otherwise hard-to-recycle items. Please keep each TerraCycle stream separate.
** #Swiffers: All used, dried #Swiffer pads.
** #Razors: All brands of reusable and disposable razors, blades & cartridges, as well as any flexible or rigid plastic packaging they come in.
** Dental Care: Non-electric #toothbrushes, #toothpaste tubes, & #floss containers. All brands, plus toothbrush packaging.
**Brita: #Brita dispenser, Brita pitchers, Brita bottles, Brita standard filters, Brita Stream filters, Brita bottle filters, Brita filter packaging, Brita Longlast® filters, Brita Stream® pitchers.
**#BurtsBees empty product containers and packaging.

IMPORTANT CHANGE: No deodorant or mouthwash bottles accepted as of January 1, 2025. Please place mouthwash bottles (with cap on) into curbside recycling carts."

FMI:
https://greensalem.com/event/repair-cafe-terracycle-collection-8/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesMassachusetts #TerracyleCollection #Recycling #ReduceReuseRepair #FixIt

#RhinebeckNY #RepairCafe

Sat May 9th, 10:00am - 2:00pm

The Pavilion at Brookmeade, 34 Brookmeade Dr, Rhinebeck, NY 12572, USA

"The next Rhinebeck Repair Cafe will be held on Saturday, May 9th from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm at the Pavilion at Brookmeade located at 34 Brookmeade Drive in Rhinebeck, NY. If you have any questions or would like to volunteer, please contact [email protected]."

Source:
https://tockify.com/rchvcalendar/detail/39/1778335200000

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesNY #Fixit #ReduceReuseRepair #RepairCafeRhinebackDutchessCounty #RepairCafeHudsonValley

#NewburghNY #RepairCafé

Sat May 9th 11:00am - 3:00pm

Newburgh Free Library, 124 Grand St, Newburgh, NY 12550, USA

"Please join us to have your items repaired by your neighbors for free and learn repair skills yourself. And don't forget to bring the kids! We will have a Repair n' Play Café set-up where children can explore the world of repair, they will also enjoy seeing things being taken apart and put back together.

No registration required."

https://tockify.com/rchvcalendar/detail/123/1778338800000

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesNY #RepairCafesHudsonValley #FixIt #ReduceReuseRepair

#CreativeReuseToronto Storefront Drop-in #Repair Event

Sunday, May 3, 2026, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Creative Reuse Toronto
68 Abell St, Toronto

"Bring your broken items to Creative Reuse Toronto's storefront location. We will be fixing small appliances, home electronics, clothing, jewellery and small furniture.

Accepting items for repair until 3:00PM.

Knife Sharpener will be on site this time!

Come early and beat the rush!

Midi Event — Fixing

Small Appliances and Home Electronics
Housewares
Clothing & Textiles
Knife Sharpening"

Source:
https://repaircafetoronto.ca/rc-events/creative-reuse-toronto-storefront-drop-in-repair-events-2025-2-2-2-2-2-2/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RepairCafesToronto #TorontoCanada #FixIt #KnifeSharpening #ReduceReuseRepair #CreativeReuse

TODAY! #PeconicNY - #EnvironmentalExpo and #RepairCafé at Southold Recreation Center

May 2 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Peconic Recreation Center
920 Peconic Lane
Peconic, NY 11958 United States

"Southold Town is holding an Environmental Expo and Repair Café with the North Fork Environmental Council (#NFEC) on Saturday, May 2 from Noon to 4 p.m. at the town’s Peconic Lane Recreation Center.

" 'The NFEC has been coordinating repair cafés twice a year, and that will be incorporated into the event. We will also have a #composter sale pickup at the same time,' Ms. Van Eysden told the Town Board at the March 10 work session.

"At the NFEC’s Repair Cafés, the public can bring their household items — including small appliances, clothing, toys and bicycles to be repaired, and their knives to be sharpened.

" 'It’s a great community event, with neighbors helping neighbors to make things work again, with the added bonus of keeping those things out of the waste stream,' said Margaret deCruz, the NFEC Repair Café chair.

"Southold’s Waste Management department has been participating in a discounted compost bin and #RainBarrel sale program for the past year. The sale, open to Southold Town residents (other neighboring towns also have similar programs) is currently underway, online here, and residents can pick up their bins and barrels at the Expo.

" 'The reduction of food waste from backyard composting is a critical component in solving the regional solid waste crisis currently facing #LongIsland,' said Southold Town Solid Waste Coordinator Nick Krupski.

"Numerous environmental organizations will also have tables at the event. Compost coaches from the Long Island Organics council will give demonstrations and offer tips on how best to compost at home, and organizations ranging from Group for the East End to the #PeconicBaykeeper, #PeconicEstuary Partnership, #ReWild North Fork and UpSculpt will also offere information and inspiration on how to preserve our local natural resources."

Source:
https://www.eastendbeacon.com/event/environmental-expo-and-repair-cafe-at-southold-recreation-center/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafesNY #FixIt #ReduceReuseRepair #BackyardComposting #Rewilding #EnvironmentalExpo

No more honor system.

The state official who approves the ballots in that state shall have the ability to certify and report the individuals appearing on any ballot for federal office to the IRS who will immediately make 7 years of tax history for those office seekers public.

They shall be personally liable for naming someone not on a federal ballot.

They have the option of naming every office seeker or none. Picking and choosing will give candidates the right to sue.

#politics #fixit

#NewZealand - The Heads Repair It Free Team

1 Reotahi Road
Whangārei Heads 0174
New Zealand

"We meet every Tuesday from 10am to 12pm at The Deck cafe, McLeod Bay.

We still have plenty of spare capacity and now we can also offer some support with phones and computers. Just drop off anything you have which is broken, but may be repairable, in our box, located at the far end of the patio at The Deck, and attach a Job Request label. Alternatively use the contact link above or, even better, visit us in the far corner of The Deck between 10 and 12 on a Tuesday.

Finally, one other way you could show us your support, on top of your generous donations to our koha tin, is to sign the Greenpeace '#RightToRepair' petition.

About THRIFT (The Heads Repair It Free Team):

"In February 2021 John Green approached The Deck, the local Café, to ask if they would be willing to host a small group of tinkerers and have a box where people could leave repair jobs for them to tackle. They were so encouraging and have been wonderfully supportive throughout. John also bounced the idea around a few people in the local community and, encouraged by the feedback he received, he put a few posters around and utilised local social media groups to publicise an initial meeting. In early March, they had their first meeting - a very diverse team of four; John, Dave, Ray and Tamati, the keeper of most useful resources. 'If we ever say What we really need is ….”, then Tamati says, “You know, I think I might have one of those in my shed”!

During their first year they saved so many things from the dreaded landfill - over a hundred items tackled with a success rate greater than 80%. These vary tremendously from ripped wet-suits, through broken chairs and tables, to jammed toasters.

'What is amazing is the wonderful rapport we have - fixing stuff is fun, but the conversations we have are even more fun!' "

https://theheadsrepairitfreeteam.wordpress.com/

#SolarPunkSunday #FixIt #RepairCafesAotearoa #RepairCafesNewZealand #ReuseRestoreRepair

#PaloAltoCA #RepairCafé

Sunday, April 26, 2026 | 11:00 AM to 03:00 PM
Museum of American Heritage
351 Homer Ave, Palo Alto, CA, 94301

"The #RepairCaféPaloAlto is a volunteer-run, community service dedicated to encouraging the repair and reuse of goods rather than dumping them in landfill. Bring broken things and repair volunteers will help to assess what it takes to repair them for continued use and life.

Limit to two items per household, check-in closes at 2:30 p.m."

Source:
https://www.paloalto.gov/Events-Directory/Public-Works/Repair-Caf%C3%A9-Palo-Alto

FMI:
https://repaircafesv.org/

#SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #RepairCafeSiliconValley #RCSV #FixIt #ReuseRestoreRepair

#BuffaloNY - #DareToRepair #RepairCafe at Northland Workforce Training Center

Next event, Monday, April 20th!

"Dare to Repair Cafes are community events where people can bring in broken objects like lamps, vacuums, bicycles, toys, clothing, sewing machines, PCs, laptops, and small electronics to be repaired — free of charge — by volunteer fixers. By following along during repairs, attendees can learn the skills they need to fix things on their own.

The #ToolLibrary is a community-driven, membership-based nonprofit that gives community members access to thousands of tools, free educational programming, and a community of doers and makers."

Monday, April 20, 2026
Start Time: 5:00 pm
End Time: 7:00 pm

Northland Workforce Training Center
683 Northland Ave
Buffalo, NY 14211

Learn more and sign up.
https://thetoollibrary.org/event/dare-to-repair-at-northland-workforce-training-center/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuffaloRecycles #RepairCafes #RepairCafesNY #FixIt #RightToRepair #ReuseRestoreRepair