East Brunswick Repair Café Returns June 8 To Keep Household Items Out of Landfills

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ — After the tremendous success the first time, the East Brunswick Public Library is once again hosting Repair Café.

They are partnering with the East Brunswick Sustainability Task Force and Alpha Delta Kappa to host their second Repair Café, a community initiative designed to extend the life of household items and reduce waste heading to landfills.

The event will take place on Sunday, June 8, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the East Brunswick Public Library, located at 2 Jean Walling Civic Center Drive.

The repair session will be held in Meeting Rooms 1 and 2.

A Repair Café represents a growing community-based movement that promotes repairing household items rather than discarding them. The concept brings together skilled volunteer repairers who offer their expertise to help community members fix broken or damaged belongings on the spot, free of charge.

What Can Be Repaired?

For this upcoming session, organizers are accepting the following items:

• Clothing and textiles
• Soft toys
• Jewelry
• Lamps
• Bicycles

Common repairs include mending torn clothing like pants with knee damage, fixing broken jewelry links, repairing loose bracelet connections, and performing bicycle brake adjustments.

To ensure faster service, organizers recommend bringing any specific parts you know are needed for your repair. However, they note that not all material sizes can be guaranteed to be available on-site.

Beyond the immediate repair services, the event will feature both live and recorded demonstrations, allowing attendees to learn repair techniques they can apply at home for future fixes.

The East Brunswick Repair Café is part of an international movement. Community members interested in learning more about the broader Repair Café initiative can visit www.repaircafe.org/en. Additional information about the local event is available online at www.friendsebec.com.