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Posted: July 17, 2025
Reju and Circle-8 are joining forces to drive large-scale fibre-to-fibre textile recycling in the UK. Their collaboration will streamline the collection, sorting, and regeneration of post-consumer textile waste into sustainable polyester, paving the way for a closed-loop system.
Reju™, known for its textile-to-textile regeneration technology, is partnering with Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems to accelerate the growth of a circular textile economy in the UK. The partnership will see Circle-8 supply Reju’s future European Regeneration Hubs with sorted post-consumer textile waste using its first digitized Automated Textile Sorting and Preprocessing (ATSP) facility. Reju will then use this material to create its proprietary Reju Polyester™, which has a 50% lower carbon footprint than virgin polyester and can be regenerated indefinitely.
The collaboration is designed to enhance the efficiency and precision of textile recycling at scale. Reju CEO Patrik Frisk highlighted how Circle-8’s tech-forward ecosystem will help deliver a high-quality, sustainable product that meets growing demand from eco-conscious consumers and apparel brands. With UK textile waste topping 700,000 tonnes annually, Frisk emphasized the need for regional, automated processing hubs that keep textiles out of landfills and feed them back into the supply chain.
Together, the two companies aim to strengthen the UK’s materials processing infrastructure and promote full transparency in textile recycling. By creating an industrial-scale supply chain for fibre-to-fibre recycling, the partnership hopes to lead the way for British brands and retailers transitioning toward circularity. As Circle-8 co-founder Cyndi Rhoades put it, textile-to-textile recycling in the UK can only succeed through collaboration, innovation, and alignment with evolving global sustainability regulations.
