Repair Café Five Cities

06/04/2026

Where do batteries go?

Batteries should never be placed in your trash or recycling cart. They can create fire risks during collection, transportation, and sorting, especially lithium-ion and rechargeable batteries.

Instead, take household batteries to a proper battery drop-off location or Household Hazardous Waste facility.

We’ve linked local take-back program information here: https://www.iwma.com/retail-take-back-for-consumers

Small item. Big safety impact.

06/03/2026

Bring your bicycle to Repair Café. More than 80% of bicycles roll out the door fixed! https://repaircafe.org/en/bicycle-broken-repair-cafe-fixes/

05/28/2026

Readers Digest published an article this month on Repair Cafeshttps://static1.squarespace.com/static/55340c38e4b097f55543c448/t/69cecb09353db97466a9dd8a/1775160074582/Repair+Cafes.pdf

05/26/2026

Are you spring cleaning? If so, gather all your paperwork that needs to be shredded at get ready for SHREDFEST!

mechanics_bank and GBPD have teamed up for SHREDFEST on Saturday, June 6, 2026 from 9am to 12pm.

It’s easy—just gather up to five banker-size boxes of paperwork, drive to Mechanics Bank in Grover Beach, and we’ll help you toss it into the shredder. The best part is it’s FREE!

We’ll see you Saturday, June 6, 2026!

05/26/2026

Vacuuming is probably not your favourite activity. Still, it's very annoying when your vacuum cleaner breaks down or suddenly malfunctions. Fortunately, many vacuum cleaner problems can be easily solved. Certainly, with the help of our repairers who have a lot of experience in repairing vacuum cleaners. They'll also gladly give you practical tips. https://repaircafe.org/en/vacuum-cleaner-broken-repair-cafe-fixes/

05/24/2026