Award-winning textile recycling start-up based in east London.

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We use a custom-built mechanical shredding machine to turn post-industrial textile waste into valuable recycled fibre. We work one-on-one with our clients to customise the process for their textile waste needs, which range from off-cuts from the garment manufacturing process to stained and damaged linens from the hospitality sector.

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We’re constantly developing new applications for recycled fibre so that we can turn our clients’ waste streams into innovative products. Our hyper-local, circular approach ensures that the waste collection, sorting and remanufacturing process stays within the UK and is environmentally sustainable.

Meet the Team

  • Kae Katz

    FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

    Kae is the founder of FibreLab, an innovative textile-recycling company that keeps textile waste local and valuable by turning it into new material. The FibreLab concept emerged from Kae’s research for her MA in Fashion Futures from London College of Fashion. Since then, she has won several awards for her work, including the ‘Mayor’s Entrepreneur Award for the Creative Industries’ from the Mayor of London, the ‘Better Lives Award’ from Proctor & Gamble and, most recently, an Innovate UK Fast Start Grant to fund FibreLab’s future innovations.

    Kae is available for university lectures, corporate lunch and learns, presentations and panel talks.


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  • Mooka Srisurayotin

    CREATIVE PARTNER

    Mooka brings her background in architectural design, bio-material development and visual content creation to all parts of FibreLab. Before joining FibreLab, Mooka received an MArch in Architectural Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London and a BFA in Interior Architecture.

  • Claudia Gandhi

    PROJECT COORDINATOR

    A recent graduate from University of the West of England Bristol, Claudia is a multidisciplinary designer with a focus on sustainable development and design for circularity. Claudia shares her time between FibreLab and the Fashion District London.