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Top 63 Clothing and Textile Recycling startups
Dec 03, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić | 28 |
These startup develop new ways to recycle clothes, operate textile recycling facilities and produce textile fibers.
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Country: USA | Funding: $224M
Natural Fiber Welding develops a technology that can use plants and natural fibers to make textiles and other durable items.
Natural Fiber Welding develops a technology that can use plants and natural fibers to make textiles and other durable items.
2
Country: UK | Funding: $124M
Gen Phoenix recycles materials to produce advanced upholstery and cladding materials.
Gen Phoenix recycles materials to produce advanced upholstery and cladding materials.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: $121M
RE&UP Recycling Technologies. Revolutionizing textile-to-textile recycling technology to enable the fashion & textile industry to shift to circularity.
RE&UP Recycling Technologies. Revolutionizing textile-to-textile recycling technology to enable the fashion & textile industry to shift to circularity.
4
Country: Sweden | Funding: $100M
Syre is a textile impact company that decarbonizes the industry via textile-to-textile recycling.
Syre is a textile impact company that decarbonizes the industry via textile-to-textile recycling.
5
Country: Finland | Funding: €84.6M
Infinited Fiber Company (IFC) is specialized in the production of textile fibers from recycled cellulose. The technology that the IFC developed allows to reconvert items created with cellulose, like textiles, cardboard or vegetable waste, again into natural fiber.
Infinited Fiber Company (IFC) is specialized in the production of textile fibers from recycled cellulose. The technology that the IFC developed allows to reconvert items created with cellulose, like textiles, cardboard or vegetable waste, again into natural fiber.
6
Country: France | Funding: €73M
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
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Country: USA | Funding: $76.6M
Circ recycles discarded clothing to produce the basis of petroleum- and plant-based fabrics. Circ’s virgin-equivalent, market-grade dissolving pulp and petroleum monomers can be sold at the same cost as virgin materials to manufacturers who make fibres. Whether cotton, poly-cotton, polyester, nylon or other fibres, we aim to cost-effectively recycle these materials using water as a solvent. This makes our tech a clean and economical alternative in the recycling industry.
Circ recycles discarded clothing to produce the basis of petroleum- and plant-based fabrics. Circ’s virgin-equivalent, market-grade dissolving pulp and petroleum monomers can be sold at the same cost as virgin materials to manufacturers who make fibres. Whether cotton, poly-cotton, polyester, nylon or other fibres, we aim to cost-effectively recycle these materials using water as a solvent. This makes our tech a clean and economical alternative in the recycling industry.
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Country: UK | Funding: $46.2M
Worn Again is a textile to textile recycling technology that can separate and recapture polyester and cotton from discarded.
Worn Again is a textile to textile recycling technology that can separate and recapture polyester and cotton from discarded.
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Country: UK | Funding: $46.2M
Worn Again Technologies develops a polymer recycling technology to create waste-free textile circular materials.
Worn Again Technologies develops a polymer recycling technology to create waste-free textile circular materials.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $36.5M
Parade is an underwear company that creates designer and eco-friendly fabrics undergarments.
Parade is an underwear company that creates designer and eco-friendly fabrics undergarments.
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Country: USA | Funding: $28.1M
Ambercycle is enabling the circular economy in polyester for fashion
Ambercycle is enabling the circular economy in polyester for fashion
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Country: USA | Funding: $25.7M
Evrnu is a technology and business model that recycles cotton garment waste to create premium, renewable textiles.
Evrnu is a technology and business model that recycles cotton garment waste to create premium, renewable textiles.
13
Country: USA | Funding: $20M
Ushering in a new era of sustainable and circular plastics. It engineers supercharged organisms to break down plastic and textile waste
Ushering in a new era of sustainable and circular plastics. It engineers supercharged organisms to break down plastic and textile waste
14
Country: Germany
The I:CO take-back system makes it possible to collect used clothing and shoes at a retailer’s point of sale and give them a new life through reuse or recycling.
The I:CO take-back system makes it possible to collect used clothing and shoes at a retailer’s point of sale and give them a new life through reuse or recycling.
15
Country: Sweden | Funding: $10.6M
re:newcell has developed a patented process for recycling cellulose-based textiles, such as cotton and viscose.
re:newcell has developed a patented process for recycling cellulose-based textiles, such as cotton and viscose.
16
Country: Australia | Funding: A$11.5M
BlockTexx is a clean technology company that recovers polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing.
BlockTexx is a clean technology company that recovers polyester and cellulose from textiles and clothing.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7.6M
For Days sells sells recyclable clothes and then swap them for new ones, while the old ones are recycled.
For Days sells sells recyclable clothes and then swap them for new ones, while the old ones are recycled.
18
Country: USA | Funding: $7M
Getting old clothes from consumers’ wardrobes into the hands of these recyclers is a costly, complicated process and represents a significant barrier to growth. SuperCircle is looking to address the logistical challenge with a digital platform that helps brands track garments’ end of life.
Getting old clothes from consumers’ wardrobes into the hands of these recyclers is a costly, complicated process and represents a significant barrier to growth. SuperCircle is looking to address the logistical challenge with a digital platform that helps brands track garments’ end of life.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: €6.5M
Resortecs manufactures sewing threads that disintegrate at high industrial temperatures. A continuous and automated disassembly line then allows the zippers and buttons to be removed from the textile parts, polyester and cotton to be separated and then sent to specific recyclers.
Resortecs manufactures sewing threads that disintegrate at high industrial temperatures. A continuous and automated disassembly line then allows the zippers and buttons to be removed from the textile parts, polyester and cotton to be separated and then sent to specific recyclers.
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Country: Finland | Funding: €6M
Rester offering textile recycling solutions and enabling the recovery of business textiles into a new textile fibre.
Rester offering textile recycling solutions and enabling the recovery of business textiles into a new textile fibre.
