RECYClocal Textile is a winner of the Refashion Industrial Challenge

 

RECYClocal Textile is a cooperative consortium (SCIC SA) aiming to provide the Occitanie region with an industrial solution for textile recovery.

 

It brings together:

- RECYCL’Occ Textile, the regional hub for the circular textile economy in Occitanie, representing 50 companies;

- Coleo, a Spanish industrial group owning sorting centers, weaving workshops, and manufacturing textile products from recycled yarn;

- Paul Boyé Technologie, a manufacturer of professional clothing and safety equipment;

- Filatures du Parc, a leading European spinner specializing in weaving recycled yarn through carding;

- Buitex, a shredder and manufacturer of thermal and acoustic insulation made from polycotton fibers;

- PETshka, a recycler specializing in polyester materials;

- Philtex, a Refashion certified collector-sorter based in Occitanie;

- Regain, a weaving workshop based in Occitanie.

 

A WORD FROM THE GENERAL DIRECTOR

 « We currently have a project facing a major challenge: to be able to produce recycled material at the lowest possible cost.»

Emmanuel Kaparski - CEO RECYClocal

Project’s ‘RECYCLOCAL TEXTILES’ objective

Provide Occitanie region with a complete industrial solution for textile waste recovery:  material and color sorting, disassembling, and routing to recyclers, with enhanced traceability.

A flexible and scalable system to optimize outlets, support new recycling sectors, reduce costs, and promote both closed-loop and open-loop recycling.

Type of CHF covered: Clothing textiles, household linen, and professional textiles

Stage in the recovery chain: Automated sorting by material and color for recycling

Outlets (markets): Textiles sorted or even unbundled according to the specifications of recycling clients (open-loop and closed-loop)

Final product: Bales of textiles sorted by composition and color

 

Financial support from Refashion:

850 000 €

Project duration: 30 months

The project in 2 steps

  1. Installation of an automated advanced sorting line: to provide a large number of sorting categories and promote the recovery of post-consumer used textiles

  2. Identify and direct waste streams toward open-loop and closed-loop outlets to establish sustainable recovery channels

 

Financial support from Refashion:

850 000 €

Project duration: 30 months

The project in 2 steps

  1. Installation of an automated advanced sorting line: to provide a large number of sorting categories and promote the recovery of post-consumer used textiles

  2. Identify and direct waste streams toward open-loop and closed-loop outlets to establish sustainable recovery channels

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Central to the industry's eco-system, Refashion is accompanying the transformation towards the circular economy whilst providing services to the various stakeholders: marketers, collection and sorting operators, local and public authorities, project developers, the general public.

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