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Repair Café reduces waste

By Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter A Repair Café was held at the Church of the Advent in Medfield. The event was sponsored by Sustainable Medfield, the Westwood Environment Action Committee (WEAC), and the Dover Recycling Committee. It was also part of Medfield Environment Action’s (MEA’s) 2025 Climate Week. Volunteer “fixperts” donated their time and tools to provide...
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A successful tri-town Repair Café

by Audrey Anderson Hometown Weekly Reporter According to the Christian Science Monitor, “It was 15 years ago when Dutch environmental journalist Martine Postma was finally moved to action over all the appliances she saw being thrown away in her Amsterdam neighborhood . . .on Oct. 18, 2009, she arranged a local event where volunteers skilled in repairs...
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