THE MOLD Repair Cafe has been doing its bit to reduce CO2 omissions in the area. 

Mold's Repair Cafe meets on the last Sunday of every month at Parkfields Community Centre to help residents fix items free of charge instead of throwing them away and going to land fill.

More and more pop-up cafes are springing up around the country and are solely run by volunteers. 

A spokesperson for Mold's Repair Cafe said: "In our ‘throwaway society’ once stuff stops working the temptation is to throw it away and buy a new one.   

"This saves money for the households, prevents items going to landfill or incineration and reduces the volume of raw materials and energy needed to make new products.

"It cuts CO2 emissions, for example, because manufacturing new products and recycling old ones causes CO2 to be released. 

"We throw away vast amounts of stuff. Even things with almost nothing wrong which could get a new lease of life after a simple repair.  

"Mold Repair Cafe provides a well-supported service to the local community. Holding 10 sessions since the change of organisers to Parkfields Community Centre in March 2022.

"Volunteers fix items for free, in order to; reduce waste going to landfill, teach skills and build community resilience. 

"The volunteer fixers generously give their time and help to transfer their skills between visitors and one another."

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Since they first started almost 12 months ago, 86 items have been brought to be fixed.

Forty were fixed; 31 were repairable; 11 were end-of-life and four were unknown.

Of those repaired nearly 50 per cent were electrical household items and 31 per cent were bicycles.

According to the Farnham Repair Cafe calculator, saving 71 items from landfill equates to a reduction of 2,335kg of CO2, which is the equivalent of flying 14,243 miles.

The next Mold Repair Cafe is on Sunday, February 26, 11am to 1pm at Parkfields Community Centre, Ash Grove, Mold. CH7 1TB.