The Fête de la Récup’ returns for a 3rd edition, on June 17th and 18th, 2017. This event organized by the Ressourceries et Recycleries d’Ile-de-France (REFER) offers to the curious ones all sorts of festivities, such as repair workshops led by professionals of the reuse.

Fête de la Récup' 2016 © Francis-Azevedo

An eco-responsible event
The Fête de la Récup’ aims to be festive, with its parades and fashion shows, but it especially aims to be eco-responsible, by underlining the important of the reuse and the repair. In the face of the depletion our planet’s resources and the obstacles enforced by the planned obsolescence of our everyday life objects, the organizers of the Fête de la Récup’ wish to enlighten the public on the environmental and economic impacts of overconsumption. The participants bring personal and broken or worn out objects (toasters, radios, clothes) to learn to repair them on the spot or to give them a second life. The aim is to avoid at all costs adding to the landfills and increasing pollution. So, head to the Halle des Blancs Manteaux in the Marais this weekend, for this eco-responsible, friendly and family event!

“Fête de la Récup’” (website in French), from June 17th to June 18th, 2017.
Open on Saturday from 11a.m. to 10p.m., and on Sunday from 10a.m. to 7p.m.
Free entrance.

Fête de la Récup' 2016 © Francis-Azevedo

Halle des Blancs Manteaux
48, rue Vieille du Temple
75004 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0) 1 44 54 75 79
Metro: Saint-Paul (line 1) or Hôtel de Ville (lines 1 and 11).

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