In an Australian first, the Brisbane Tool Library, operating out of the State Library of Queensland, will allow members to borrow items like lawnmowers, power tools and kitchen appliances.
Many of the items have been donated by downsizing baby boomers, with the project’s aim to share resources and extend the life of products that would normally end up in a landfill.
Volunteer Sabrina Chakori said libraries need to reinvent themselves, as people aren’t borrowing books as much as they used too.