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How the Ottawa Tool Library keeps stuff out of landfills

Looking to borrow a lawnmower? Need advice on how to go about a DIY project? Head over to the Ottawa Tool Library. Established in 2014, the library is home to more than 3,000 tools and 200 volunteers. “We have the tools that people think of when you hear a tool library with the hammer and the drills and the saws and all of that,” co-founder Bettina Vollmerhausen said. “We also have the canning equipment, the things that you would use once in a while, but you don’t need all the time.”