Total Waste Diverted
523 kg
Total weight of objects & clothes
Total CO2e Avoided
7.630 kg
Equivalent to CO2 absorbed by 379 trees in 1 year
Total Water Saved
2.498.576 L
Saved in manufacturing production
Human Impact
3,422 Years
Of drinking water for 1 person
Electronic and Textile Repairs
Halting the impulse to purchase new items through community-led and educational repair.
107
Total Requests
87
Scheduled Repairs
52
Fixed Items
15
Unfixed But Diagnosed
Responsible Management: 21 kg of unfixable parts were delivered to the Municipal Firefighters “Quartel Eletrão” recycling hub.
242 kg
Waste prevented
1480 kg
CO2e avoided in new item manufacturing
Equivalent to 74 trees64.200 L
Water saved in new item manufacturing
Saved 87 years of drinking water*Amount for 1 person
87
One-to-One Sessions
Direct repair mentoring
Circularity in Consumption
Extending the life cycle of objects and textiles prevents massive extraction of natural resources.
Active Participants
Rehomed Items
5.620 kg
CO2e avoided in new clothing production
Considering the annual carbon sequestration of an adult tree over a full year.
2.388.500 L
Water saved in new clothing production
Equivalent to the drinking water required for one person across millennia.
Reduced Dietary Footprint
Meals Evaluated
Direct transition to wholesome plant protein.
530 kg
CO2e avoided by eating plant-based protein
Equivalent to the CO2 sequestered by 24 trees in 1 year
45.876 L
Water saved by consuming plant protein
Equivalent to 63 years of drinking water for 1 person
"This emission reduction and resource preservation directly supports the sustainability targets of our municipality."
Positioning the event as an innovative educational instrument and an actionable climate solution.
Co-Organisation
Municipality of Loulé
A special recognition for fundamental institutional support and lasting commitment to sustainability across the Algarve region.
Academic Transparency
Methodology Note & Sources
Impact calculations are based on published market benchmarks for manufacturing new products versus repairing and swapping existing items. Drinking water metrics are calculated based on recommended daily human intake.
Tree equivalence metrics rely on reference carbon sequestration benchmarks published by the United States Department of Agriculture.