Circular Economy Portugal
Circular Economy Portugal is a non-profit association that promotes the transition to a circular economy in Portugal through capacity-buildi…
Tool Libraries & Repair Cafés
Circular Economy Portugal promotes repair and reuse so products stay in use for longer. Tool libraries, repair cafés and shared workshops turn that principle into a practical local service.
Projects in this focus
Tool libraries and repair cafés in Portugal
Tools sit idle and broken appliances are often discarded because nobody nearby can repair them. Tool libraries and repair cafés attack both problems with the same answer: shared equipment and someone who knows how.
Circular Economy Portugal is the organisation working on this from Lisbon, promoting repair and reuse culture as part of a wider circular economy agenda. Elsewhere the model can be as simple as a repair afternoon in an association.
The EU right-to-repair rules are pushing in this direction, and the model needs a room and a few volunteers more than it needs money. If you run a repair café or lending library in Portugal, we would like to list it. Related focuses: upcycling and repurposing and conscious consumption. Dated activities from these projects are listed in our events calendar.