A group of volunteers in Camden, London, want to save your broken electricals from the scrapheap.
The January sales is a time when many shoppers will be looking to replace faulty electrical items.
"A lot of us are feeling pretty powerless in the face of the climate crisis," Dermot Jones , project manager for the Camden branch, says. "Throwaway consumerism and the escalating cost of living just compounds that powerlessness." Enabling people to get "hands-on" with repairing their own stuff hands them back some of this lost power.
The Fixing Factory estimate that 80% of all broken electrical items could be repaired at community events. This year,, according to an international expert group dedicated to tackling the problem of waste electrical and electronic equipment . Everything that leaves the site is given a portable appliance test , he explains, and mains voltages are only ever exposed in highly controlled circumstances when it is absolutely necessary.It is a recent model that she bought for £30 off eBay, where it was listed as not working due to a charging issue.
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