{"id":37150,"date":"2014-04-10T11:28:28","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T09:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.meodemo.nl\/en\/german-minister-for-environment-praises-repair-cafe\/"},"modified":"2021-08-24T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T10:48:27","slug":"german-minister-for-environment-praises-repair-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/german-minister-for-environment-praises-repair-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"German Minister for Environment praises Repair Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1991\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Barbara_Hendricks.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1991 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Barbara_Hendricks-150x150.png\" alt=\"Barbara Hendricks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1991 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Barbara_Hendricks-150x150.png\" alt=\"Barbara Hendricks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Barbara Hendricks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Europe must actively promote repair as an alternative to throwing away and buying new goods. That is what the German Federal Minister for Environment, Barbara Hendricks, said on April 7 at the European Forum on Eco-Innovation in Hannover. In her opening speech, the Minister mentioned the Repair Caf\u00e9 as an example of what Europe needs in order to achieve a circular economy.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/EU_ecoinno\/16th-eu-forum-on-eco-innovation\">forum<\/a> took place on the grounds of \u2013 and at that same time as \u2013 the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hannovermesse.de\/home\">Hannover Messe<\/a>, the largest technology exhibition in the world. According to Hendricks, no better location could have been found.<\/p>\n<p>Guest speakers from all over Europe came to Hannover to talk about the work they do to try and create a circular economy in their local area. Thus, the Swede P\u00e5l M\u00e5rtensson talked about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerowasteeurope.eu\/2011\/08\/kretsloppsparken-recycling-or-amusement-park\/\">Kretsloppsparken<\/a> in Gothenburg.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Appealing and easy <\/strong><br \/>\nDiscarded goods that are still usable are sold at second-hand shops located at this novel recycle park. Building materials such as doors, wooden planks and even toilets, can also be bought and taken home by visitors. &#8220;Kretsloppsparken makes recycling easy and appealing&#8221;, M\u00e5rtensson said.<\/p>\n<p>Martine Postma, director of the Repair Caf\u00e9 Netherlands Foundation, also spoke at the forum. She said that the Repair Caf\u00e9 itself is not a solution to the waste problem. According to Martine, the popularity of the Repair Caf\u00e9 is primarily a signal that people want repairable items and that manufacturers should learn from this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Barbara_Hendricks.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Barbara_Hendricks-150x150.png\" alt=\"Barbara Hendricks\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-1991\" \/><\/a> Europe must actively promote repair as an alternative to throwing away and buying new goods. That is what the German Federal Minister for Environment, Barbara Hendricks, said on April 7 at the European Forum on Eco-Innovation in Hannover. 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