Texloop RCOT

Rcot is trying to challenge two huge issues: the world produces 40 million tonnes of textile waste each year, while less than 1% of cotton is recycled. And it is actually shipping meaningful volumes of product – currently over 700,000 kilograms.

Despite this, its main drawback is that its Texloop process is focused on pre-consumer waste, meaning it cannot handle the billions of clothes that are worn a few times before being discarded, while there is a limited percentage of recycled content in the finished fabrics. But if you want to use recycled materials in your next collection then it is definitely one to investigate, being far better than the ubiquitous and nonsensical ‘recycled plastic bottles into fabric’ craze.