Repair is good for the planet, good for your wallet and good fun!
Come along to Hanwell Community centre on Sunday 31 March to repair your electrical appliances at the March Hanwell Repair Party (Booking essential). West London Central Fixers will be there to help repair your loved items, thanks to Ealing Council who have arranged the event. Although eventbrite says sold out, spaces are available for other slots: 14.20 15.00 and 15.40. Book your place before they go! If you prefer you can call Alex on 07773 898806 to book your slot.
Electronic Waste needs reducing
Electronic waste is a serious issue in the UK. Every year, the UK produce over 53.6 million tonnes of electronic waste, the Restart Project mentions. The UK ranks second to Norway in the most e-waste produced a new study has found. At the same time, manufacturing new devices fuels biodiversity loss, exploitation and greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, by using products for longer and repairing them when they break, we can slow these processes down. This reduces our impact on the planet.
The implications of the manufacturing electrical devices are far reaching. Electrical devices requires critical raw materials are mined from other people’s land, and the impacts of this mining are often invisible to us. These mining processes require a lot of environmental management and there is a high cost associated with this. Watch this documentary as Greenland considers a proposed mine. This open pit mine could become the fifth-largest uranium mine and second-biggest rare earth extraction operation in the world.
When it comes to recycling the vast majority of these critical raw materials cannot be recycled effectively and many have insignificant rates of recycling. Recyclers are constantly playing catch-up to an ever-faster cycle of new products, new materials and new technologies. This means they having to invent new techniques and business models for processing dead devices. This means in practice is that demand for virgin critical raw materials continues to increase with every new product we buy. Listen to Restart Project podcast covering Critical Raw Materials.
Electronic Repairs at March Hanwell Repair Party
Bring your slow or broken electronic devices to West London Central Fixers. We will fix them FREE. Book quickly to guarantee place:
Booking your space is essential to get your items repair, book on the link below.
West Central London Fixers bring together volunteer repairers and the community to fix their electronics for free. The idea is to nurture repair culture in the community, rather than throwing away electronics – indeed e-waste has become a huge environmental problem. The events are open to volunteer learner repairers so are educational as well. Find out more and book your place for Electrical Repair Training.
The March Hanwell Repair Party is a free event sponsored by Ealing Council.
In Ealing, we also have Ealing Repair Cafe, which teaches you to mend your clothes and has meet ups around Acton and Ealing, see March dates for Ealing Repair cafe
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