Repair Cafe is a community event where experts get together to fix broken phones, computers and more for free. Source: Unsplash/Kilian Seiler
A movement known as Repair Cafe which urges people to bring in broken computers, televisions, smartphones, and more to be fixed by an army of volunteer experts at a local venue is gaining traction in Australia after launching abroad.
Tech waste is a problem the digital era is yet to fully grasp. When electronics end up in landfill, toxic chemicals like lead and mercury leak into the ground and pose a risk to wildlife, humans, and the environment, the World Health Organisation said.
It was learning about the world’s ballooning landfills that prompted Dutch former journalist Martine Postma to launch the Repair Café International Foundation in 2009.
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