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Repair Café in Kaunas, Lithuania

Project: Circular spaces
Physical Meeting
Join Repair Cafe organised by Tech-Park Kaunas!

Description

Circular Economy expert Associate Professor Dr Visvaldas Varžinskas will share practical insights.  You will also interact with Tech-Park Kaunas team, one of the largest start-up communities in Lithuania. We will upgrade our household items or small electronics with the help of Kaunas Makerspace mentors.
Participants are invited to bring broken items such as a pump, kettle, drone, chair, toy, or anything else and together we will try to repair it.

Agenda

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    Time
    Item
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    14:00 - 14:15 (EEST)
    Why and how to apply circular economy principles in an open workshop? Živilė Paužaitė and Vaiva Kelmelytė, representatives of Tech-Park Kaunas and Interreg BSR project “Circular Spaces” implementers.
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    14:15 - 14:50 (EEST)
    Circular economy principles and plastic. Types of plastics and their composites, labelling and recycling options. Biodegradable and/or biodegradable plastics - what are they and what do we need to know about them? Circular economy expert Assoc. Prof. Dr. Visvaldas Varžinskas.
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    14:50 - 15:00 (EEST)
    Coffee break
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    15:00 - 15:50 (EEST)
    Business models and opportunities of the circular economy: the (un)waste economy and resource "hubs" in cities. What is the importance of the Right to Repair? Circular economy expert Assoc. Prof. Dr. Visvaldas Varžinskas.
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    15:30 - 23:55 (EEST)
    Practical part of the Repair Café. Bring your repairable items and let's try to bring them back to life with our help.

Events

Upcoming events

No upcoming events.

    Past events

    13
    December
    Workshop "Christmas decoration making" in Valmiera, Latvia
    Project: Circular spaces
    Physical Meeting
    13. December 2024
    15:00 - 17:00 (EET)
    21
    November
    Interactive event. "How does the circular economy encourage cooperation between businesses and makerspaces?"
    Project: Circular spaces
    Physical Meeting
    21. November 2024
    10:00 - 15:00 (EET)
    19
    October
    Antweight Robotics Workshop in Kaunas, Lithuania
    Project: Circular spaces
    Physical Meeting
    19. October 2024
    14:00 - 23:59 (EEST)