In 2015, Repair Caf\u00e9s repaired about 200,000 items worldwide. Thus preventing an estimated 200,000 kilograms of CO2 emissions. This is stated in the annual report of Repair Caf\u00e9 International.<\/p>\n
Last year, Repair Caf\u00e9 meetings were held at nearly 950 locations in 24 countries. A local Repair Caf\u00e9 group organizes a meeting on average once a month during which an average of 25 broken objects are examined. Experience shows that about 70 percent of these objects are actually repaired. That means that under the banner of the Repair Caf\u00e9 a total of around 200,000 items were prevented from being thrown away.<\/p>\n
Repair Caf\u00e9 International uses data from the Dutch research organization TNO to calculate the estimated CO2 emissions saved. This research states that reusing or repairing an object of one kilo is equivalent to saving one kilo of CO2 emissions. If an object repaired at a Repair Caf\u00e9 meeting weighs an average of one kilogram, then all the Repair Caf\u00e9s combined saved about 200,000 kilograms of CO2 emissions in 2015. This is equivalent to the annual CO2 emissions of 25 households.<\/p>\n