The backbone material
Tex2Tex®
Textile-to-textile recycled polyester from our Thermo-Mechanical Reactor™.
Post-industrial textile waste, engineered back into virgin-grade pellets, fiber, yarn, fabric, and garments—without bottles.
- Process
- TMR™ textile-to-textile recycled polyester
- Outputs
- Pellets - Staple Fiber - Filament - Spun Yarn - Nonwovens
- Status
- Commercial
The problem
The global textile waste crisis
The world produces massive amounts of textile waste, yet there is nearly zero commercial-scale polyester textile-to-textile recycling. Current recycled polyester supply depends almost entirely on plastic bottles—not textile waste.
92M tons
Global textile waste
The world generates approximately 92 million tons of textile waste annually. Most is downcycled, incinerated, or landfilled.
41%
Downcycled or landfilled
A large share of global textile waste is downcycled, incinerated, or sent to landfill. Scaled textile-to-textile polyester recycling remains rare.
86%
Virgin polyester
86% of polyester is produced from virgin petroleum. Of the 14% that is recycled, 99% comes from PET bottles—not textiles.
10M ton
Feedstock shortage by 2030
The recycled polyester market faces a projected 10 million ton shortage of feedstock. Bottle RPET alone cannot meet growing demand from brands and regulators.
Why Tex2Tex®
Six reasons brands switch.
From feedstock integrity to drop-in manufacturing—everything a sourcing team needs to move off bottle RPET.
The problem — from challenge to legislation
Less than 0.25% of polyester is textile-to-textile.
In 2024, global apparel polyester consumption grew from 71 to 78 million MT. Almost all of it is virgin. Minimum recycled content rules are now landing.
2024 Apparel Industry Polyester Consumption
- Virgin Polyester88%
- RPET from Bottles12%
- RPET from Textile Waste / Ocean Plastic0.24%
- Bio Polyester0.01%
Source: Textile Exchange Preferred Fiber & Materials Market Report 2025
Incoming legislation
Environmental Cost Label — France
Score based on 16 LCA indicators (GHG emissions, water use, biodiversity impact, microfibre release, chemical use). Voluntary Phase: 1 October 2025. Mandatory: April 2026.
Incoming legislation
ESPR — EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation
Will obligate textiles to meet minimum recycled content, durability, and transparency standards. Formally adopted 2027, compliance expected ~2028.
Tex2Tex® is built for the regulation curve — minimum recycled content, traceable, certified, available now at 120 kt/yr.
Technology
What is Tex2Tex®?
A proprietary thermo-mechanical recycling (TMR™) process that transforms polyester textile waste into high-quality recycled PET pellets—without chemical inputs.
Collection
Post-industrial and post-consumer polyester textile waste is sourced from mills, brands, and collectors worldwide.
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Feedstock → output
Material flow & revenue streams
Click any feedstock or output to trace connections through the TMR™ process.
2,500 MT/month feedstocks immediately available
Feedstocks
Project output
Value-added revenue streams
outsourced / partner production
58 items
Product Catalogue
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152
Products
5
Categories
Applications
Where Tex2Tex® goes to work.
Application
Apparel & Accessories
Outerwear · Bags · Backpacks · Sportswear
Recognition
Awards & accolades
EU Horizon Grant
European Union innovation funding recipient
NSERC Grant
Canadian research council funding
Global Change Award
H&M Foundation innovation award finalist
Industry recognition
Featured in leading textile industry publications
Sustainability awards
Multiple sustainability and innovation accolades
USPTO patents
Multiple patents for bolt-on technologies under draft
Sustainability
Environmental impact
Percentage reductions vs bottle rPET, chemically recycled, and virgin polyester — with relatable equivalents at your annual volume.
Annual consumption: 9,500 Kgs/yr
CO₂ emissions snapshot
~84% less than virginRelative index · virgin polyester = 100%
- Tex2Tex®
- Bottle rPET
- Chemically recycled polyester
- Virgin polyester
~84%
less vs Virgin polyester
~34%
less vs Bottle rPET
~76%
less vs Chemically recycled
Demonstrative comparison
~266K km
Equivalent to driving a passenger car
Compared to virgin polyester at your annual volume
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