Case study: RETUNA Upcycling Mall, Sweden

Concept:
- community education hub and recycling center, where
residents of the municipality can drop off their recycling and
donations for stores to resell or learn to create new items with
an invigorated purpose.

Workflow:
Collection: Return
Drop Off Centre drive through

Sorting
By ReTuna staff

Recycle / Upcycle
Motivation and Work (AMA) from local municipality
repair, fix up, transform and refine the goods

Resale Redistribute
goods are assigned to the mall Unused materials pass to other
shops institutions eg. school and recycle
station
Case study: RETUNA Upcycling Mall, Sweden
Programme
Recycling Depot
- Drive through drop off
Conference Facilities
- meeting rooms
Repair and Education Centre
- exhibition space
- workshop
Retail:
-14 stores selling recycled/upcycled goods from
different categories and specialty
-Caf and restaurant
Regenerative Impact
Environmental:
creating a closed-loop system that adds value to waste and
prevents unnecessary use of virgin materials
Economical:
create jobs and generate closed-loop economy in the region
Social:
Educate the community about the benefit of closing loop in
material loss and inspire them in sustainable lifestyle