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Top 10 Clothing and Textile Recycling startups in USA
Updated: April 24, 2024 | 26 |
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Funding: $200.3M
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.
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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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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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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Funding: $3.4M
Refiberd develops an AI and robotics-based textile recycling system that sorts and recycles unsorted, discarded textiles into new ones.
Refiberd develops an AI and robotics-based textile recycling system that sorts and recycles unsorted, discarded textiles into new ones.
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Funding: 3.2M
Hybridworks is providing sustainable textile solutions for blended fabrics destined for landfills.
Hybridworks is providing sustainable textile solutions for blended fabrics destined for landfills.
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Funding: $300K
Sustainable Composites has developed a totally unique, technically advanced material made from leather waste which changes the environmental landscape for leather products. It is a new application of fiber technology, using only leather fiber derived from waste leather, to produce a responsible product with the attributes only previously available with traditional leather.
Sustainable Composites has developed a totally unique, technically advanced material made from leather waste which changes the environmental landscape for leather products. It is a new application of fiber technology, using only leather fiber derived from waste leather, to produce a responsible product with the attributes only previously available with traditional leather.
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Funding: $300K
Retold Recycling aims to reduce the 12 million tons of textile waste that Americans create each year by tapping consumer and investor interest in the resale and sustainable-clothing spaces. Retold sells biodegradable bags that can be filled with up to five pounds of unused clothes or other textiles.
Retold Recycling aims to reduce the 12 million tons of textile waste that Americans create each year by tapping consumer and investor interest in the resale and sustainable-clothing spaces. Retold sells biodegradable bags that can be filled with up to five pounds of unused clothes or other textiles.
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Funding: $156K
Centering on the term upcycling, which is a verb defined as “to reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original,” Looptworks specializes in bags of all shapes and sizes, from clutches to backpacks.
Centering on the term upcycling, which is a verb defined as “to reuse (discarded objects or material) in such a way as to create a product of a higher quality or value than the original,” Looptworks specializes in bags of all shapes and sizes, from clutches to backpacks.
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Funding: $25K
Fabscrap heads directly to the world-famous fashion industry to pick up and resell textile cast-offs — yards of cotton, strips of wool, pieces of luxurious silk, linen and leather.
Fabscrap heads directly to the world-famous fashion industry to pick up and resell textile cast-offs — yards of cotton, strips of wool, pieces of luxurious silk, linen and leather.
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SwagCycle is a startup focused on responsibly managing the lifecycle of branded merchandise. When companies rebrand or get acquired, many often dispose of their obsolete branded merchandise. Leveraging our proprietary network of partners, we make this problem go away by helping companies repurpose and recycle unwanted branded items in a responsible, ethical, and affordable way.
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Maker of shipping-container sized textile waste recycling machines that convert end-of-life clothing and textiles into brand new market grade fiber.
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Trashie gives people an easy and convenient way to recycle unwanted clothing, shoes, accessories, linens, and more, keeping waste out of landfills for as long as possible and helping drive impact.
