Category: clothing upcycling

• PLAXTIL

  

  This French company transforms non-recyclable textile and clothing waste into a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastic.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  May 19, 2026

  clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, Europe, fashion, france, plastic alternative, recycle, upcycling

  face masks, plastic alternative, textile recycling, upcycling

• RECOVER BRANDS

  

  This company offers clothing and other accessories created from recycled bottles and recycled textile fibers, thereby creating a new material from post-consumer waste.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, fashion, new material, north carolina, plastic waste, plastic waste, post-consumer textile waste, recycle, take back, upcycling, used clothes

  clothing, post consumer textile waste, takeback

• ATKO PLANNING

  

  This company rescues surplus leather and leather scraps and develops leather materials including leather fiber, leather spun yarn and leather textiles.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  Asia, fashion, korea, leather, leather alternative, leather upcycling, luxury fashion, pre-consumer textile, textiles, upcycling

  leather alternative, leather scraps, leather yarn, recycled leather, recycled suede, upcycled leather

• LOOPTWORKS

  

  This company is recovering end-of-life textiles and bringing them back to the economy through circular solutions like recycling, upcycling and downcycling.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 17, 2024

  B corp, clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, downcycling, oregon, pre-consumer textile, recycle, take back, textiles, upcycling, USA

  bcorp, downcycling, pre-consumer excess textiles, recycling, takeback, upcycling