Ateliere Fără Frontiere (AFF)

We reintegrate vulnerable people into the labour market, with care for the environment.

In the workshops we carry out the following activities, promoting a circular, solidarity and sustainable economy:

educlick is the workshop where we collect, dismantle and prepare for recycling waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), but also where we collect and prepare for reuse computers that we donate to schools in disadvantaged environments in Romania.

In 15 years we have equipped IT labs in more than 10% of rural schools in Romania, with more than 27,000 donated IT equipment. We collect all types of WEEE (anything you plug in), especially IT equipment (old or unused computers, keyboards, screens, etc.), from both companies and individuals – so write to us at colectare@atelierefarafrontiere.ro or pay us a visit with the equipment you no longer need, on Șoseaua Olteniței 105, M-F, between 08:00-16:30.

remesh is the workshop where we transform banners and advertising meshes into fashionable, ethical and sustainable products and accessories.

Banners and meshes have no recycling solution other than incineration – an extremely harmful process as many advertising materials are made of PVC, which contains chlorine. In 15 years of operation two tons of advertising waste have been collected and transformed into over 77,000 fashion and home&deco products. Tens of thousands of products have been sewn by employees in socio-occupational insertion, especially women affected by domestic violence, trafficking or single mothers. Companies with more than 50 employees who order remesh ethical products are exempted from 1/2 of the disability payment because remesh has the status of Authorized Protected Unit under the name SC ECO Atelierul Social SRL. Read more details here and place an ethical order.

bio&co is the social farm of the association Ateliere Senza Frontiere, certified organic, where we apply the principles of the European Union strategy “from farm to fork” or “from farm to consumer”.

We deliver short-chain (in the Bucharest and Ilfov area) baskets of seasonal organic vegetables to over 100 subscribers every 52 weeks of the year. The certified organic farm is located not 30 km from Bucharest, in the village of Ciocănari, Dâmbovița, so the short distance allows us to deliver the vegetables on the day of harvest. We believe in better food systems: healthier food, food security, a fair income for farm workers, a reduced environmental footprint.