{"id":22827,"date":"2019-02-15T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=22827"},"modified":"2019-02-15T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:07:13","slug":"calls-for-shopping-centre-at-city-tip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/cjsnews\/calls-for-shopping-centre-at-city-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for a shopping centre at city tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The organisers of pop-up cafes where householders&#8217; goods are repaired are now calling for a shopping centre next to one of Cardiff&#8217;s tips.<\/b><br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe centre would be based on a Swedish model, made famous by a viral video\u00a0featuring a shopping mall next to a public tip near Stockholm.<br \/>\nIts 14 shops stocks goods which are all recycled or upcycled.<br \/>\nRepair Cafe Wales, where volunteers fix household items for free, says Cardiff council has an &#8220;amazing&#8221; opportunity to do the same thing.<br \/>\nDr John McCrory, Repair Cafe Wales co-founder says, \u201cWe believe the council should act now because the public consensus is there and it&#8217;s something that can really improve life and the environment.&#8221;<br \/>\nJane Henshaw, Labour councillor for Splott, where one of Cardiff&#8217;s repair cafes is based, also believes it&#8217;s an &#8220;absolutely brilliant idea&#8221; which\u00a0&#8220;can&#8217;t happen quickly enough&#8221;.<br \/>\nAt the moment,\u00a0 people can donate unwanted household goods to the British Heart Foundation charity by putting them in shipping containers at city recycling centres. Dr McCory says this is a step in the right direction but feels there is \u201croom for more to be done\u201d and CJS News has asked the council for a comment.<br \/>\nRepair cafes have proved so popular that in just under two years of starting, there are now five within Cardiff and two opened in Swansea last month.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22862\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-4-1-163x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"420\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22862\" src=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-4-1-163x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"420\" \/><\/noscript><br \/>\nThey aim to reduce waste and to provide a social connection for people.<br \/>\nTea and coffee with biscuits and cakes are available while people wait for their items to be fixed and conversation is encouraged.<br \/>\nThe Swedish shopping mall was set up in 2015 and since it opened has sold \u00a32.8m worth of products with 700 visitors a day last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The organisers of pop-up cafes where householders&#8217; 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