When the coffee pot stops perking, the vacuum stops picking up dirt or that lamp no longer turns on, they usually end up in the trash. In Cincinnati, a group of volunteers discovered many can be fixed and find new homes.
These “tinkerers” are turning one person’s junk into another’s treasure.
It all happens on the second floor of an old warehouse. Shelves of toasters, blenders and lamps overflow onto the floor, where they’re met with rows of old vacuum cleaners, microwaves and other small electronics…