Municipal · Drop-off · Free · Booking needed
ReMAD: intercambio de objetos
A council-run exchange where you photograph something you no longer want, drop it at a punto limpio, and a neighbour reserves and collects it. Free, and unusual: most cities leave giving away to private platforms.
Right for you if
- It works, someone else would want it, and you would rather it went to a neighbour than a container.
- It has to cost nothing.
- You can get it there under your own steam.
- You would rather it was used again than buried.
Look elsewhere if
- You have no way of getting it there.
- You live outside the area it serves.
- You need it gone today.
- It is broken, dirty or missing parts.
Contact and booking
- Phone
- Not published
- Not published
- Book online
- Not published
- Address
- Deposit at any of the 16 Puntos Limpios Fijos. Furniture and appliances go to the Centros de Reutilización: C/ San Norberto 44 (Villaverde), Camino de Coslada 18 (San Blas-Canillejas), C/ Islas Bermudas 2 (Fuencarral-El Pardo)
- Opening hours
- Not published
- Website
- Official website
Verification
Verified against an official source
Last checked 18 August 2026
That means we read a published source and it said this. It does not mean we watched them do it, or followed the material afterwards, that is a separate, deeper check this has not been through. How we check →
Sources
Part of How to get rid of stuff in Madrid.
Why use it
Very few cities run their own give-away platform, and Madrid does. Verify a mobile number, upload a photo and description, take the object to a punto limpio, and a member of staff checks it before it goes into the catalogue; to take something you reserve it and collect it from that site. It runs on points rather than money. You gain 100 for depositing and spend 50 for taking, with a cap of five live reservations, ten a month, and seven days to collect before your reservations are blocked. Since 2025 three Centros de Reutilización have extended it to furniture, household goods and working electrical items, which the platform previously would not take. The council reported over 85,000 objects reused and an 87 per cent reuse rate.
Good for
- furniture
- appliances
- electronics
- books
- toys
- bicycles
- other items
How it works
| How you use it | You take it there. |
|---|---|
| Cost | Free: "intercambio gratuito de objetos entre la ciudadanía". You need a verified mobile number, not money. |
| Booking | Book in advance. |
| Service area | Municipio de Madrid |
| Run by | Ayuntamiento de Madrid, a municipal service |
Where your things go
A named destination is worth more than a stated intention, and both are worth more than silence. This is the row to read before you book: if your item's row is empty, ask them on the phone and tell us what they say.
Not documented yet. This operator has not published what happens to each kind of item, and we have not been able to establish it from anywhere else. That is the gap, stated rather than hidden. If you ask them, tell us what they say.
Does it actually work
The part no company website tells you. Some of this comes from our checks, some from readers who used the service, and where nobody has told us yet, it says so.
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Booking
Their pages
Book in advance.
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Typical wait
Needs reports
Not established
Nobody has told us how long they waited. Two reader reports would settle it.
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Do they answer
Needs reports
Not established
We read their pages, we did not phone them. One reader who got through would settle it.
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Restrictions
Their pages
Residents only · By appointment only · Must be clean and working
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Who it's for
Their pages
People who live in the area it serves.
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Last checked
Pipeline
18 August 2026
Checked against the sources listed on this page.
What happens to it
- Passed on to someone who wants it
- Put back into use
This describes the route the item takes, as the operator states it. We do not claim a recovery rate we have not seen evidence for.
What readers told us
Used them recently?
How long you waited, what they refused, whether anyone picked up the phone. Those are the three facts no website publishes and the ones the next reader needs.
Alternatives in Madrid
Other places that will take things off your hands.
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- Where
- ["Madrid
- Booking
- Book online
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Reuse
Traperos de Emaús Madrid
Asociación Traperos de Emaús Madrid
- Takes
- furniture, appliances, electronics, books, and 2 more
- Where
- Tiendas: Ribera de Curtidores 3 y 5
- Booking
- By phone
View → Checked 18 Aug 2026 -
Municipal
Recogida de muebles y enseres
Ayuntamiento de Madrid
- Takes
- furniture, mattresses, appliances, other items
- Where
- Municipio de Madrid
- Booking
- Book online
View → Checked 18 Aug 2026