Awards ceremony at Textiles Recycling Expo to recognise innovation and circular textile initiatives across six categories
The organisers of the Textiles Recycling Expo have announced the finalists for the inaugural Textiles Recycling Awards, which will recognise innovation, leadership, and measurable contributions across the textile recycling industry.
The winners will be revealed during the Textiles Recycling Awards Ceremony scheduled for 25 June at 2pm in the Conference Theatre at Brussels Expo as part of the Textiles Recycling Expo.
The ceremony will be hosted by Mariska Boer and is expected to bring together recyclers, brands, policymakers, innovators, and industry representatives from the global textile recycling sector.
Retailer of the Year Finalists
- MANGO – Closing the Textile Loop: Scaling Circularity at Mango
- Armedangels – ARMEDANGELS: Circular Fashion as a Business Model
- Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Beyond Retro
Product of the Year Finalists
- Alsico – FITZROY
- Teixits Torné S.L. – Transforming Mixed-Colour Textile Waste into High-Value Circular Fabrics
- Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Coach x Bank & Vogue – Soho Bag
- Elis – Workwear to workwear
- FibreTrace – FIBRETRACE®: Material Verification Technology for a Circular Textile Industry
Textile Collection & Sorting Award Finalists
- Saubermacher – From Old Fabric to Future Fiber: A Partnership Driven Circular Textile Take Back Initiative
- Green Worms Waste Management Private Limited – Green Worms Waste Management Private Limited
- Teciteca & Teci – Teciteca & Teci: the first circular and sustainable textile museum in Brazil
- Manuela Catania – Realm of Senses
- Texet Benelux NV – Untagged Movement
Award Sponsor: EVK
Textile Recycling Project of the Year Finalists
- Circ – Scaling Textile-to-Textile Recycling with the World’s First Commercial Polycotton Solution
- Recover – From Waste to Fiber: Recover’s Blueprint for Circular Textiles
- BlockTexx Pty Ltd – Scaling Textile-to-Textile Recycling for Blended Fibres at Commercial Scale
- Jiangsu Recycolor New Materials Co., Ltd – Why Recycolor & CTC Should Be Recognised as the Textile Recycling Project of the Year
- Pedrosa & Rodrigues – CIRCLO Industrial Ecosystem Engineering High Quality Circular Knits
Award Sponsor: Redonate
Innovation in Recycling Technology Award Finalists
- Jiangsu REO-ECO Tech Group Co., Ltd – BioCulus powered by REO-ECO Enzymatic Recycling
- PICVISA MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS SL – Industrial Innovation in Textile Sorting: The Integrated PICVISA & Girbau Solution
- MacroCycle Technologies – Circular textile at price parity through non-depolymerizing chemical recycling
- Yuantian Biotechnology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd – Enzymatic Recycling Technology Leads to the New Paradigm of Textile Circular Economy
- Renasens – Turning Blended Textile Waste into High-Quality Recycled Fibers
Rising Star Award Finalists
- Epoch Biodesign – Jacob Nathan
- Matoha Instrumentation Ltd. – Dr Hans Hon Sang Chan & Dr Martin Holicky
- Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Beyond Retro x Seasalt Collection
- Green Worms – End Textile Waste Alliance
- Fibre to Fibre – Tom Atkin: Fibre to Fibre, Finance_2_Fashion and ATKIN Clothing
