ReTuna Återbruksgalleria (ReTuna Reuse Gallery, or simply ReTuna) is a shopping mall in Eskilstuna, Sweden, which exclusively sells second hand and recycled goods. It is situated next to the town's recycling center, and has 3,000 m2 of shopping space[1] occupied by 14 shops,[2] including a sports goods store, electronics outlet, fashion boutique, gardening center, and toy store.[1] The mall serves both as a shopping center and as a public education center. Events, lectures, and workshops are all held on the premises to educate the public about sustainability.[3]

ReTuna Shopping Mall
The entrance to the ReTuna Gallery

The mall opened in 2015 and is run by the municipality-owned company Eskilstuna Energi och Miljö.[3] The mall averages over 700 visitors a day and a turnover of $1.8 million a year.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c Drury, Colin (2019-07-21). "The eco-mall where shoppers can splurge without it costing the Earth". The Independent. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  2. ^ a b Shaw, Dougal (2019-01-29). "'Welcome to my high-fashion, trash shopping mall'". BBC News. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  3. ^ a b "The world's first recycling mall is found in Eskilstuna". ReTuna Återbruksgalleria.
  4. ^ a b Narishkin, Abby; Harger, Emily (2021-04-21). "We visited the world's first "secondhand mall" where everything sold has been recycled". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  5. ^ Steere, Mike (2019-06-03). "This beautiful mall isn't what you think". CNN. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  6. ^ Kalia, Ammar (2019-06-18). "Eskilstuna: how a Swedish town became the world capital of recycling". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
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