100 People & Organizations in Circularity to Follow in 2025: Part 8 of 25

After 10 years of working in #circularity, I have put together a list featuring 100 people and organizations, who I think you should follow. The list is being released across 25 posts until Christmas. I therefore like to think of it as an unconventional #zerowaste alternative to an advent calendar — packed with little stories and wisdoms as we close out this year.

In this eighth post, I am focusing on people and organizations pushing for innovation in the production and recycling of #textiles. In light of this, here are four sets of individuals and organizations to follow, who are pushing for a circular economy within the textiles sector. I can recommend looking into and following their work.

29) Chui-Lian Lee and Valentina Gomez co-founded Werewool. The textile dyeing industry is one of the most polluting industries (responsible for 20% of global wastewater), but Chui-Lian and Valentina have set out to change that. To mitigate the adverse environmental impacts that normally arise when dying fabrics, their company developed a method using microbes and proteins – instead of dyes – to create colorful fabrics.

30) Moby Ahmed and Shay Sethi started Ambercycle. The company is trying to close the loop on polyester waste, by creating pure raw materials from waste that brands and manufacturers can reuse. Moby’s and Shay’s innovation uses a molecular regeneration process to separate the components in end-of-life textiles. Ambercycle diverted over 1100 metric tonnes of textiles from landfills in 2022, and the target for 2025 is to divert over 4500 tonnes. The company is also developing a commercial-scale facility that will process up to 250 000 units of textiles daily.

31) Peter Majeranowski is the co-founder of Circ®. The company has developed a technology to separate the polyester and cotton from polycotton blends, which account for about 77% of the global textile market. While the mixed composition of polycotton makes it close to impossible to recycle using conventional methods, Circ’s patented hydrothermal technology can turn polyester into a liquid polymer and creates reusable cotton fibers. The company’s facility in France is the world’s first industrial-scale plant for recycling polycotton textile waste.

32) Petri Alava co-founded Infinited Fiber Company. The company was born out of the desire to combat the mountains of textile waste and make better use of limited natural resources. Infinited Fiber Company produces virgin-quality circular fiber from cotton-rich textile waste. The company is currently working to build a commercial-scale factory with an annual production capacity of 30 000 metric tons of fiber.

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