Remida
the creative
recycling
center
Activities
Research
Remida is a cultural project on questions of sustainability. The focus of its research is matter, as an industrial product (and waste), as an artifact, as a subject to be investigated, or as an object of relationship. Matter as culture, matter as nature.
Materials
Remida’s materials come from about 100 companies that devolve scrap, failed materials, stockpiles or excess production destined for disposal, which Remida recovers and partly distributes to almost 300 schools and facilities with socio-cultural purposes, and partly uses for its projects.
Training
The Center is visited annually by more than 7,000 people including teachers, artists, students, administrators, and curious people from all over the world. It organizes meetings with schools of all levels, training and events with the city.
Events
Remida maintains a dialogue with the city, the world of education, businesses and other entities, organizing events and collaborations. For many years, in Reggio Emilia, Remida has organized the Remida Day, a popular event especially for the Used Household Fair with more than 400 stands.
Lab
The Remida Center is home to the “Saved by Remida” book exchange project and tailoring space, run completely by a group of about 15 volunteers.
World
Remida has spread around the world assuming different identities but sharing the same values. Today 11 other Remida Centers are present in Italy and around the world.
Remida’s experience is also present in several international cooperation projects in countries such as Palestine, Kosovo, and Mozambique.
Last events
Opening hours
Materials and exchange books
Tuesday and Thursday afternoon (3 – 6pm)
Wednesday and Friday morning (9 – 12am)
> Reservation required
For info and reservations: info@remida.org | (+39) 0522 431750
Remida in numbers 2024
companies devolving waste materials
tons of waste materials collected
training courses organized
institutions who picked up waste materials
- Plastic – 24%
- paper and cardboard – 22%
- textile – 16%
- ceramics – 14,5%
- mixed – 10%
- wood – 7,5%
- glass – 3%
- metal – 3%
