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Repair fairs offer opportunity to recycle and reuse broken items

WBUR
Published July 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM CDT

Around the country, volunteer-run repair cafes are helping people get broken items fixed for free, saving money and keeping old chairs and electronics out of the waste stream.

North Country Public Radio’s Catherine Wheeler reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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