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Reju™ and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems have announced a partnership to scale textile recycling in the U.K. further.
Circle-8 will provide Reju’s future European Regeneration Hubs with feedstock supply from post-consumer textile waste processed through its digitized Automated Textile Sorting and Preprocessing (ATSP) facility.
“Working with Circle-8’s growing ecosystem and ATSP enables us to elevate the efficiency of the textile recycling process, making it easier and more precise, resulting in a premium product meeting the high Reju standard for polyester,” says Patrik Frisk, CEO of Reju. “As more consumers and clothing producers become aware of the importance of keeping textiles out of landfills, it is critical to have automated, streamlined processes and facilities in the places where the textile waste is.”
With Circle-8 providing pre-sorted and pre-processed feedstock at a large scale for Reju’s proprietary regeneration technology, this partnership ensures efficiency, accuracy and scalability for the upwards of 700,000 tonnes (771,618 U.S. tons) of non-reusable textile waste generated in the U.K. every year.
“Reju and Circle-8 share an unwavering commitment to unlocking true indefinite textile-to-textile recycling here in the UK and around the globe,” says Cyndi Rhoades, co-founder and CEO at Circle-8. “This partnership highlights the importance of cooperation and innovation in turning textile waste into a resource. With global regulatory bodies enacting coordinated efforts addressing the issue, Reju and Circle-8 are dedicated to scalable solutions meeting regulatory demands and achieving a more sustainable future.”