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Textile Recycling

Our fully circular process includes developing innovative ways to remanufacture your textile waste into new products that make sense for your business.

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Every year, more than 1.2 million tonnes of textile waste from the UK is sent to landfills and incineration.

We’re working to change that through our hyper-localised recycling service that helps businesses like yours handle textile waste while becoming more environmentally sustainable.

Our Process

We collect, sort and recycle textiles into innovative new materials.

From textile cut-offs from garment manufacturing to reject linens from hotels, our accessible and affordable service can be customised to meet your needs.

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Our zero-emissions collection process uses electric vehicles and refillable bags. After collection, we weigh, process and shred the textiles with our custom-built mechanical shredding machine located in our East London studio.

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We sort all textiles by fibre type and colour, allowing the output to be a high-quality, recycled fibre that can be used for a variety of different material and product applications.

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The recycled fibres can be used to create PaperTex, filling materials for interior products, furniture or bespoke design projects. We can help you recycle your recycled textile waste in innovative ways that make sense for your business.

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Reach your ESG goals with a complimentary Carbon Impact Report that tracks the number of kilos you diverted from landfills, the CO2 emissions saved and the equivalent of trees planted.

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Our Clients

  • "Exquisite products & services delivered by some of the most talented and knowledgable people in the industry."

    - Rickie Cheuk, WA=MA

  • "I haven't used any recycling scheme as they require a minimum that would take me a year to save in waste. FibreLab is perfect for small fashion brands who want to recycle their waste properly and quickly!"

    -Anonymous Client Feedback

  • "We have used a larger recycling company in the past. However, FibreLab's innovative developments and use of recycled textiles (eg. collaborating with Papertex) and real transparency are the reasons we chose to use them."

    -Anonymous Client Feedback

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Small
0-25kg

  • Minimum order £25

  • £10 per kilo 

  • Drop off, shred while waiting or pick up later

  • Shipping Extra 

Repeat
21-250kg

  • From £5.50 per kilo + Free collection*

  • Easy, repeat collections 

  • Flexible collection dates, choose from 1x month or 1x quarter

  • Reusable collection bags

  • Complimentary ‘Circular Partnership Badge’ and press package 

  • Annual Carbon Impact Reports

    *Free collection only available within our local radius 

One off
21-250kg

  • From £5.50 per kilo + Collection

  • One-off collection

  • Flexible collection date

  • Greater London Area collection available 

  • Option to post to us or schedule drop-off 

  • Annual Carbon Impact Reports 

Large
250-1000kg

  • £5 per kilo + collection fee

  • One-off collections available 

  • Extended UK Collection radius 

  • Annual Carbon Impact Report

FAQs

    • Our minimum charge is £25 but there and we typically need at least 1-2kgs to process in a batch.

    • The maximum we’re taking at the moment is 1000kg but for orders over 250kg please get in touch at info@fibrelab.co.uk

    • Currently we’re only recycling pre-consumer or post-industrial, clean, textile waste. If your waste is uncleaned, we can have it cleaned for you prior to processing for an additional fee. For post-consumer garments, you can take these to Fxck Fast Fashion and for end-of-roll, non-IP sensitive commercial textiles that can be resold or reused, please get in touch with Yodomo.

    • At FibreLab we’re committed to finding a recycling solution for all types of textile waste, so we take and recycle all fibre types including cotton, polyester, mixed fibres, leather and others.

    • The only material we are currently unable to process is PVC. For Polyester based PVC please get in touch with Are You Mad.

    • Remove any pins and tape

    • Remove all hardware and elastic (zips, buttons, velcro, snaps, rivets)

    • Sort the waste by fibre type into naturals and synthetic or blended fibres. If you’re unsure of a material’s composition, it should be kept with the synthetic or blended fibres

    • Please only send clean textile waste

    • Most natural fibre textiles will be mechanically shredded and recycled at our studio and processed into PaperTex by one of our UK-based partner paper mills

    • Synthetic and mixed fibres are mechanically shredded and recycled into fillings for our FibreLab cushions or used to help us develop and prototype new material applications

    • The recycled fibre is also available for purchase on our website to use for creative applications such as filling for garments, furniture and home interior projects

    • We're currently working towards developing high quality fibre-to-fibre textile recycling, so one day your waste can be transformed into new, high-quality textiles

    • No. We have a strict zero-to-landfill, zero-to-incineration and zero-export policy. Everything we collect is recycled into new products and materials and redistributed locally, within the UK.

    • Yes, we offer a shredding service for anyone who would like to repurpose their textile waste for their own projects or research