We will be hosting our final Repair Cafe of 2025 on Saturday November 29th from 1-4pm in the in the Agricultural Building at Lang Pioneer Village, 146 N Lang Road, Keene
This is a collaborative event with the Country of Peterborough. The great folks at the county will be holding a free clothing swap and Repair Cafe will have all regular fixing stations available (sewing, electrical and wood/glue).
We can help you:
+ mend your winter gear (coats, gloves and hats)
+ sew the button back on your favourite sweater
+ glue the handle on your favorite coffee mug
+ clean the connections in your toaster
+ rewire your lamp, amp, or vacuum cleaner
+ and more!
Please Note: To ensure everyone has a chance to have their items looked at, we can complete one electrical fix or two sewing fixes per person at a time.
If you have additional items to be repaired, you’re welcome to sign up again after your initial fix(es) are complete.
Steve from Clean Up Peterborough will be at the event collecting items for reuse and recycling. You can bring in any of the following items for reuse: outer 4L milk bags, plastic milk/bread tags, egg cartons, used eyeglasses or hearing aids, used lego bricks, old towels and linens. For recycling: all brands of air and home care products and packaging (trigger heads, pumps, caps, fresheners and cartridge refills, flexible cleaning wipe packaging), all brands of blades, razors, and plastic packaging, old fishing line or lead fishing tackle, popcan tabs, dead batteries, old writing instruments and ink cartridges. Please note: both the Tom's of Maine, and Crest and Oral-B oral care programs have been discontinued, so please keep all of these items for now as we look to find program alternatives.
So bring any of those items with you and chat with Steve to learn more about the different recycling programs that help keep these hard to recycle items out of the landfill.
