Vienna Repair Voucher Starts Next Round on April 2
"Vienna should continue to be a city where a good life is possible for everyone, and the sustainable use of items plays an important role in this: The goal is to make Vienna a city without waste," emphasizes Climate Councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky.
The Vienna Repair Voucher is also intended to contribute to this, which will enter the next round on April 2, 2025: "The voucher can once again be easily downloaded from the internet and redeemed at participating businesses of the Vienna Repair Network," said Czernohorszky during the presentation at the Vienna repair shop "Neubauer Guitars" in Vienna-Penzing.
Electrical appliances and bicycles excluded from the Vienna Repair Voucher
50 percent of the gross repair costs up to 100 euros are subsidized, and cost estimates up to 55 euros. In total, the City of Vienna is providing 1.2 million euros for the repair voucher until the year 2027. For 2025, 300,000 euros are budgeted.
With the new Vienna voucher, almost anything can be repaired, from guitars to teddy bears to wardrobes - except for electrical appliances and this year also bicycles, as these are covered by the nationwide federal repair bonus.
How to Get the Vienna Repair Voucher
After registering or logging in on the page mein.wien.gv.at/wienerreparaturbon, the Vienna Repair Voucher can be downloaded and redeemed immediately when commissioning the repair. The voucher has an expiration date by which the repair of the item must be commissioned. The voucher can be redeemed directly at the time of commissioning in the business - the repair does not need to be completed yet.
All participating businesses where the Vienna Repair Voucher can be redeemed are part of the Vienna Repair Network and are strictly vetted before being included. Registration requires a City of Vienna account with a verified email address and mobile phone number. Businesses in the Vienna Repair Network must meet various mandatory criteria. These include, among other things, that 50 percent of the workplaces are repair stations, or that the business repairs a wide range of brands (at least 3 brands). More information can be found at www.reparaturnetzwerk.at.
48,000 Items Repaired Since the Start of the Initiative
Since the start of the initiative in autumn 2020, around 48,000 items have been given new life, saving approximately 3,200 tons of CO2 and around 10,000 tons of resources. For comparison: one hectare of forest stores about 13 tons of CO2 per year. The Vienna Repair Voucher has thus taken on the work of more than 240 hectares of forest - roughly equivalent to a forest area the size of the districts of Mariahilf and Josefstadt.
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