Repair is inherently good in lessening the negative impacts of consumption. And these are two programs provide for additional, direct impact.

 

Resource and Material Recovery

Items donated to the nonprofit are assessed for repair-worthiness. Items not suitable for repair enter this program to be carefully dismantled. Reusable parts and materials are recovered and stored for later use in other projects. Non-usable materials are sorted for scrap, recycling, or waste.

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The work of dismantling post-consumer items is conducted by volunteers. Due to the lower degree of technical skills and the inherent learning opportunity to see how things work and how they are assembled, this work makes for skill building opportunity for younger or more novice mechanics.

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Waste Diversion (Future Program)

This is similar to resource and material recovery but at greater scale. This is direct diversion of the waste stream from waste haulers. If labor and space resources are sufficient, methods and standards developed at our shop can be deployed at the community scale.