Written question WQ97060
- Asked by
- Carolyn ThomasLabour
- To be answered by
- Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
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Question
What is the estimated money saved for the public by repairing items in reuse and repair hubs this year in each local authority?
Answer
Answered by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
Repair and reuse hub data covering the tonnages of the materials diverted from waste into preparation for reuse is collected alongside local authority waste and recycling data. Local authorities are not, however, required to log the number of items or repairs undertaken. The 2024-25 data is currently undergoing end of year validation by NRW and will be published once that process has been completed.
In partnership with the voluntary sector, The Welsh Government has also funded Repair Café Wales to support a network of repair cafes across Wales. The following table shows the number of active repair cafés during the financial year 2024-25 by local authority, together with the number of repairs achieved by each local authority area.
Local Authority
No. of locations
No. of repairs in 2024-25
Anglesey
2
16
Blaenau Gwent
3
230
Bridgend
2
148
Caerphilly
2
237
Cardiff
10
676
Carmarthenshire
8
890
Ceredigion
2
205
Conwy
3
240
Denbighshire
2
347
Flintshire
7
324
Gwynedd
9
198
Merthyr Tydfil
1
33
Monmouthshire
3
408
Newport
5
754
Neath Port Talbot
2
187
Pembrokeshire
4
239
Powys
8
474
Rhondda Cynon Taf
9
335
Swansea
8
741
Torfaen
1
209
Vale of Glamorgan
4
897
Wrexham
5
177
Wales totals:
100
7,965
Using the Farnham Repair Café’s Carbon Calculator, Repair Café Wales calculated that those repairs have saved an average of 262,048.5kg CO2e emissions), and prevented 28,035kg of items being thrown away. The average financial saving calculated by Repair Café Wales is £83.38 per item based on the assumption that someone would buy a new item if the broken item had not been fixed.