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A mall where everything is secondhand

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A mall where everything is secondhand

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Naman Bajaj
May 19, 2023
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Eskilstuna is an hour's train journey from Stockholm, Sweden’s capital.

In 2015, the city’s local government opened a mall called ReTuna. None of the items sold in this mall are new- they are either recycled or upcycled.

It’s strategically situated next to the city’s recycling center, where locals regularly drop off their unwanted household items.

Shopkeepers then come and inspect these items and decide what they can resell or upcycle and resell.

The shops inside the mall are run as businesses, like in any other mall. They strive to make a profit and pay their rent.

This is a great example of a circular economy that is functioning well within the capitalist society.

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Moving onto this week’s content. So today, we havešŸ‘‡šŸ½

  • A startup that’s helping brands to reduce their packaging waste

  • Another startup that’s converting your loved one’s body into soil

  • Some good news

  • Can I help you?


ā™»ļø Helping brands to reduce their packaging waste

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Costs & Cleaning…Reuse packaging is the superhero of sustainability! It keeps goods in the ecosystem and away from landfills and oceans. So why aren't more brands jumping on the reuse bandwagon? First, we've got the villainous high costs. And then, the lack of cleaning infrastructure to clean up the packaging for reuse.

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Reuse Revolution…London-based Again is solving that by building the infrastructure to promote reuse. It has built an advanced decentralized cleaning system inside shipping containers. These are called CleanCells. The dirty, used packaging is collected and sent to these CleanCells and is cleaned using an autonomous system.

  • The dirty packaging is cleaned and processed and put back into the system.

  • This reduces emissions and waste and promotes a circular economy.

  • It uses 76% less water & 90% less energy than traditional recycling methods.

This shipping container is actually a cleaning unit- cleaning 1000s of packaging units each month and promoting reuse.

Unite. Clean. Reuse…They partner with FMCG brands, retailers, reusable packaging platforms, and waste management companies. A CleanCell can clean thousands of packaging units each month, allowing them to be put back into the system for refill and reuse.

Check out Again


šŸ’šConvert your loved one’s body into soil that can nurture new life

Cremation Crisis…Burial these days is less accessible as cemeteries are running out of plots and land is being allocated to other developments. So cremation is a default funeral choice. Unfortunately, it’s a carbon-intensive activity and harms the environment.

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Soil from Souls…Recompose has come up with a model that is more sustainable, by transforming bodies into soil via human composting. This provides a way for our bodies to return to the earth.

  • They’ve developed a patent-pending Recompose Vessel System where bodies are kept

  • Each vessel is filled with natural materials, such as wood chips, alfalfa, and straw, and is aerated. It is constantly monitored

  • After 5-7 weeks, the soil is collected and given to the families or donated to conservation efforts.

A body ready to be put into the Vessel system

Earthly Farewell, Simplified…It’s a funeral offering that is connected to the earth's natural cycles. Recompose also handles all legal and logistical needs. It also has a prearrangement program, called Precompose which allows prospective customers to sign up for one-time or monthly payments and complete the legal documents related to their death care.

Check out Recompose


😹 Some Good News

  • Turning Up the Heat: New York Flames the Gas with First-Ever Ban on Natural Gas Stoves and Furnaces!

  • Sweden's Electrifying Milestone: Charging Ahead on the Road to a Shocking EVolution!

  • Flowing Miracles: Rural Indian Community Breathes Life into 'Dead' River


šŸŒŽ Can I help you?

Apart from sharing climate-positive stories, I also work as a freelance content writer for planet-friendly brands.

Here’s some of the work that I’ve done in the recent past-

Naman's Writing Portfolio

Feel free to reach out if you need (budget-friendly) help with your blogs, newsletters, or whitepapers.


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Melanie Newfield
Writes The Turnstone
May 19Liked by Naman Bajaj

Loved the mall idea, and the parking fee based on the car. I'd totally go to a secondhand mall. I do love what we call op-shops. I've got some real treasures there including my favourite dress, which I bought, secondhand, in 1994 and still wear.

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