Repair Café teaches the lost art of fixing household items

LITTLE FAT. THOSE STORIES AND

MORE AT THE TOP OF THE HOUR

KRISTALINA. ALL RIGHT. THANKS,

JERROLD.

>> NEARLY 20% OF AMERICAN

HOUSEHOLD TRASH DUMPED IN

LANDFILLS IS CATEGORIZED AS

DURABLE GOODS. THAT'S LIKE,

YOU KNOW, LAMPS, FURNITURE,

APPLIANCES, AND A LOT OF THAT

COULD BE REPURPOSED OR EVEN

REPAIRED 5 ON YOUR SIDE'S

KEELY. ARTHUR TELLS US ABOUT

ONE ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE

TRIANGLE TEACHING PEOPLE WHAT

HAS BECOME THE LOST ART OF

GARAGE REPAIR.

>> YOUR SIGHT IS DEDICATED TO

TELLING YOU ABOUT SCAMMERS

RECALLS A TROUBLING CONSUMER

NEWS, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO TELL

YOU ABOUT THE GOOD STUFF

HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY LIKE

THE REPAIR A FREE WHITTAKER'S

BICYCLE IS BROKE IN THAT HIGHER

UPS TOPPINGS. SAD NEWS FOR A

5 YEAR-OLD WHO WOULD RATHER

BE WRITING THAT LIGHT GREEN.

THAT'S AVERY IS IN LOCK.

HER MOM BROUGHT THE BIKE HERE

TO REPAIR CAFE AND OCCASIONAL

CLINIC OFFERING FREE REPAIRS

ANYWHERE FROM 60 TO 65% OF THE

ITEMS THAT COME THROUGH THE

DOOR TODAY WILL GO OUT WORKING

REPAIR CAFE IS AN INTERNATIONAL

EFFORT TO REDUCE WASTE BY

ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO REPAIR

ITEMS THEY MIGHT OTHERWISE

THROW AWAY. DON FIX STARTED A

LOCAL CHAPTER HERE 6 YEARS AGO.

WE ARE DEFINITELY REDUCING

WASTE AND SO DIVERTING THINGS

FROM THE LANDFILL, BUT ALSO

EXTENDING THE USEFUL LIFE OF

THOSE ITEMS SO THAT YOU DON'T

HAVE TO GO OUT AND BUY A NEW MY

NAME IS MAGGIE GIBSON AND I'M

HAVING TO ANTIQUE LAMPS.

REPAIR. I DIDN'T WANT TO

>> BREAK IT EVEN MORE. AND SO

INTERESTING. A PROFESSIONAL TO

HELP ME OUT BRINGING THEM BACK

TO LIFE WITH THE HELP OFFERED.

HERE IS MORE THAN A REPAIR.

IT'S A HANDS ON LEARNING

EXPERIENCE. IT'S LEARNING ABOUT

LIVE WIRES AND A COMPLICATED

THINGS THAT I'VE NEVER SEEN

BEFORE. AND IT'S VERY

INTERESTING IS LIKE A SCIENCE

CLASS PRODUCT. MANUFACTURERS

ARE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU TO THINK

THAT THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO

THROW AND BY NOON. WE WE PUSH

BACK AGAINST THAT AND WE

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND

THE ITEMS THEY OWN. AND THEN

WHEN THEY GO OUT, MAKE FUTURE

PURCHASE DECISIONS, PERHAPS

THEY'LL DO IT WITH AN EYE

TOWARD REPAIR ABILITY AND

LONGEVITY. I HAVE A HUNCH,

TOUGHER WORK.

>> I THINK THE THINGS THAT

MATTER MOST TO US, WE'RE

REPAIRING THEM. ARE THOSE

THINGS THAT COME WITH STORIES?

THEY WERE MY GRANDMOTHERS AND

I LOVE THEM. I WANT TO BE ABLE

TO USE THEM AND ENJOY THEM.

THEY HAVE CHARACTER IN THE

HISTORY. AND SO AND I LOVE

THAT. AND ABOUT ALL THOSE

REPAIRS, PEOPLE ARE LEARNING

NEW SKILLS WERE ENCOURAGING

CURIOSITY, GIBSON BELIEVES

SHE'S LEARNED ENOUGH TO TACKLE

HER NEXT REPAIR AT HOME AND

>> AND AVERY'S RIDE IS NOW

REPAIRS.

>> YOU THIS 2 EXPERTS TELL US

YOU JUST SEE A FEW TOOLS LIKE