Textile recycling pioneers BlockTexx are not just breaking new ground in the City of Logan – they’re also helping to improve it.

The Loganholme-based ‘clean technology’ company is working with Logan City Council to trial a new type of mulch and seed mixture that could increase grass coverage at Underwood Park in Priestdale.

BlockTexx’s hydromulch – a blend of recycled cotton fibres, grass seed and fertiliser – is expected to promote turf growth by increasing nutrient levels in soil and helping to retain moisture.

Kirribilli House played host to a different kind of event to usual. Jodie Haydon, partner of the Prime Minister alongside the Australian Fashion Council (AFC) and Minister of Environment and Water, Tanya Plibersek, joined Australian fashion designers, and leaders in the arts to attend a showcase on the eve of Australian Fashion Week of three leading homegrown innovations set to lead Australian fashion toward a more sustainable future.

The Australian government will be mandating sustainable procurement targets for government construction services projects above $7.5 million. Importantly, From July 1, 2025 the policy will extend to tenders for textiles above $1 million.

The policy was announced at BlockTexx’s textile resource recovery facility. BlockTexx was proud to partner with Services Australia to recycle their old uniforms here onshore, diverting 37 tonnes from landfill and generating local jobs and recycled materials.

In honour of Earth Day, we're excited to announce our commitment to the CanopyStyle initiative, in partnership with solutions-driven environmental non-profit Canopy planet.

Together, we're taking dynamic action to keep vital forests out of our fashion fabrics supply chains.

BlockTexx has been awarded with a top 10 Gold award by AuManufacturing news and media from Australia’s top 50 most innovative manufacturers.

Jetstar’s current uniform will be sustainably disposed of in partnership with BlockTexx which uses recycling technology to turn textiles into raw materials that are used to create new products.

Seed investors Mike and Sue Gregg, along with Artesian continue their support of BlockTexx® and their backing of home-grown Australian innovation. The funding milestone of AUD $7 million comes from existing investors and fashion innovation platform, Fashion for Good.

Australian company offers the world a S.O.F.T. option for problem textiles.

The next stop on our quest to identify and celebrate Australia’s 50 Most Innovative Manufacturers is at another exciting young recycling enterprise with a world-first method addressing an enduring issue.

Brent Balinski speaks to BlockTexx co-founder Graham Ross.

BlockTexx today announced it has successfully closed its Series B funding round to scale its world-leading blended textile resource recovery technology.

BlockTexx is on an urgent mission to divert textile and clothing waste from landfill by re-manufacturing textile waste back into the world's new products; Fibre to fibre (clothing the world), fibre to product (protecting the world), fibre to agriculture (greening the world).

Australia is one of the highest consumers of textiles in the world, and our product stewardship schemes are voluntary -- so what needs to change to incentivise growth within the clothing recycling market?

Guest: Adrian Jones, co-founder of textile recycling company Blocktexx

Two men united in their quest to tackle one of the planet’s greatest landfill issues - clothing waste - have founded Queensland-based textile recycling business BlockTexx.

Unwanted clothing, towels and sheets are being dropped off at a council popup in Sydney. It's a new recycling initiative. Events like this across Australia aim to reduce the 800,000 tons of textiles, including clothes that are discarded each year, 90% of it sent to landfill.

Logan, QLD-based clean technology startup BlockTexx has teamed up with a Brisbane social enterprise group to convert tonnes of its ‘decommissioned’ clothing into resources for the construction, manufacturing and agricultural sectors.

Adrian Jones is the co-founder of Queensland-based chemical recycling company BlockTexx. Despite being what I think you would still call a start-up, they’ve already proved they can handle 85% of the typical textile fibre types, and are handling about 4000 tonnes of textiles this year.

Millions of old uniforms, medical scrubs and workwear will be diverted from landfill and repurposed into valuable new resources, thanks to a new partnership between BlockTexx and Workwear Group.

Company co-founder Graham Ross said after a search along the eastern seaboard for the right location, Queensland and Logan came out on top due to financial support on offer from both the state and local governments.

A Queensland recycling partnership will see shirts and sheets transformed into shrubs and greenery at major infrastructure projects around Australia. Textile waste start-up BlockTexx has partnered with environmental mitigation company Vital Chemical to use pure cellulose reclaimed from textiles in re-greening projects.

Textile-textile recycling is viewed as the Holy Grail where fashion is concerned. Being able to turn old clothing into new clothing would in theory enable the fashion industry to achieve its circularity objectives and, to a certain extent, continue with business as usual.

Could the answer to the world's textile waste problem be right here in Australia?

Former fashion industry insider Adrian Jones talks about the waste problems facing the fashion world; and the new technology that could fix it.