TEXTILE RECYCLING PIONEERS WEAVE THEIR MAGIC Australian start-up BlockTexx has developed technology to separate and recover polyester and cotton products such as clothes, sheets and towels of any colour and in any condition. The solution yields ‘high-value’ raw materials of PET and cellulose, said to be suitable across all industries.

AUSTRALIA RECYCLES PAPER AND PLASTICS. SO WHY DOES CLOTHING END UP IN LANDFILL?

It’s time for bold action. The impact of textile waste is a reality and governments across Australia must recognise the challenge and begin to address it. It’s time to acknowledge textile waste for what it is: a valuable resource ready to be transformed into raw materials.

THE RECYCLING REVOLUTIONARIES

"While countless industry executives will continue to cite the circular economy in conference speeches, it is the work of companies such as BlockTexx which is transforming that rhetoric from hollow green wash into a viable solution."

START-UP LOOKS TO TAKE THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK - AND RECYCLE IT

“People have a weird relationship with their clothes; we recycle plastic bottles because you wouldn’t put a plastic bottle in the ocean, you wouldn’t drop one in the street, because we’ve been told they’re bad for the environment,”

‘WHAT WE’VE BEEN LOOKING FOR’: HOW AUSTRALIAN STARTUP BLOCKTEXX IS TURNING DISCARDED CLOTHES INTO RAW, COMMODITY-LEVEL PLASTIC.

'HOLY GRAIL': HOW TEXTILE RECYCLING CAN HELP SLASH EMISSIONS, POLLUTION AND LANDFILL

Adrian Jones and Graham Ross have pioneered a process that takes blended fabrics and reduces them to raw components.