Larger Manchester is marking Restore Week 2024 (11-17 March 2024) with a rallying name for a ‘restore revolution’, as an eye-opening new survey reveals that greater than £1.2bn is probably misplaced yearly within the city-region by throwing away and changing home items that might be repaired.
Analysis commissioned by Recycle for Larger Manchester (R4GM) appeared to seek out that final yr Larger Manchester residents threw away an estimated £417 million* value of such objects. An additional £809 million* was then spent on changing the broken or damaged objects.
The figures present that, on common, residents have 5 damaged or broken home items that they imagine might be repaired. The commonest issues reportedly thrown away are garments, kettles, hairdryers, headphones and toasters.
Via a sequence of occasions and workshops throughout Larger Manchester this week (11-17 March), R4GM will likely be trying to shine a highlight on the affect of waste, with the purpose to empower residents to find out how they will get monetary savings – and defend the surroundings – by repairing objects. Numerous neighborhood organisations working throughout the city-region will likely be showcasing their work in supporting residents to restore too.
Restore Week goals to sort out the monetary and environmental impacts of this waste head-on, and spotlight the ways in which folks throughout Larger Manchester can restore objects or cross them on to be rehomed and resold.
Cllr Tom Ross, GMCA’s lead for the Inexperienced Metropolis-Area and Waste and Recycling, mentioned:
“Larger Manchester is house to so many restore heroes, and we’re proud to shine a highlight on the sensible work they do. I’m delighted to see neighborhood teams from throughout the city-region getting concerned with Restore Week to encourage residents to maintain their home items in use for so long as potential, and to display the numerous choices for restore on peoples’ doorsteps.
“All of us discover it irritating when a few of the items we purchase price extra to restore than change – however there are such a lot of home items that may be given a brand new lease of life at low price. That’s why, by means of implausible sources just like the Renew Hub and Renew Retailers, we wish to assist folks to discover ways to get monetary savings, or get a discount on good-quality objects which have been repaired, particularly in the course of the ongoing cost-of-living disaster.
“I hope that this yr’s Restore Week can kickstart a restore revolution in Larger Manchester that won’t simply save folks cash, but in addition assist us minimize down on what we throw away and defend the surroundings. It’s a good way for residents to get in contact with restore occasions of their native space.”
This yr, Restore Week gives residents the possibility to talk to restore and reuse specialists on the Renew Hub in Trafford, and to see what goes in to repairing widespread home items corresponding to bikes, electricals, upholstery and extra.
In addition to workshops and different restore classes, there are a variety of free movies on the Recycle for Larger Manchester web site providing sensible steering for repairing many home items.
An inventory of the actions and occasions happening, together with on the Renew Hub, could be discovered right here.
* Extrapolations of the info to characterize the entire of Larger Manchester for worth of broken or damaged merchandise(s) which may have been repaired. The information was weighted to 2021 ONS Midyear estimates, 18 + inhabitants figures for Larger Manchester:2,215,143.
