Zerow Srl is an innovative Italian startup specializing in the online resale of deadstock textiles and leathers from major luxury brands such as Kering Group and Richemont. Combining traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design, Zerow creates stylish and durable products while giving high-quality materials a second life. Through its Zerow Recycling division, the company offers open and closed loop processes (fiber-to-fiber and fiber-to-other) for fashion brands, collaborating with over 100 partners worldwide to transform waste into sustainable solutions. By bridging luxury fashion and circular economy practices, Zerow promotes both creativity and environmental responsibility.
Worn Again Technologies
Worn Again is dis-Solving Textile Waste using a proprietary chemical recycling technology which extracts high value polymers from mixed feedstocks containing polyester and cotton, which are the most popular fibre materials in clothes. The solvent based system is able to decontaminate and decolour textiles and is especially effective at separating elastane which is a known challenge for conventional systems. Worn Again is currently scaling its technology in Switzerland, where it operates a Textile-to-Fibre Accelerator plant for industrial demonstrations.
Wire Waste
Trace Waste – Design Circularity. Wire Waste is a Textile Circularity Platform Enabling Brands to Redesign Recycled Products with End-to-End Traceability. Our platform equips the entire verified value chain with Traceability, Circularity, Landfill Diversion, Carbon Footprint insights, and Waste‑to‑Value Design through our exclusive Trace and Design software. We support brands, manufacturers, and recyclers in building a transparent and standardized secondary material supply chain, extending it into a fully integrated circular ecosystem. By strengthening global waste management practices, Wire Waste enables the industry to move beyond disposal and towards a truly circular value chain that unlocks new opportunities for growth and sustainability.
TURNS by wagner+thummerer gmbh
TURNS is your full-service provider for circular used-textile management. We offer you a simple entry into the textile circular economy—fast, legally compliant, and transparent, without the need to build your own logistics infrastructure. Textile circular economy from a single source. From used textiles to new applications, within the closed-loop fiber cycle we have developed.
Textile Recycling International
The T R I Group is Europe’s largest collector and sorter of used clothing, shoes and textiles. We employ 1200 people across 5 UK sites. We export your used clothing all over the world – achieving a 70% reuse rate. The TRI business collects, sorts and redistributes over 400 million garments annually, avoiding waste and ensuring these goods continue in a Circular Economy. The UK’s largest non-rewearable post consumer textiles feedstock supplier for Fibre2Fibre recycling.
tExtended
tExtended is an EU-funded project aiming to develop a knowledge-based Blueprint, which is a master plan for a sustainable textile ecosystem where utilization of textile flows is optimized, aiming for retention of value of materials in a safe and sustainable way. Within the project we will develop technological and digital solutions enabling efficient textile cycles and show potential to reduce textile waste by 80% within a Real Scale Demonstrator.
Textil4All
Finnova’s mission is to assist in the creation of innovative initiatives (Innova) through appropriate financing and support (Fin). Finnova facilitates communication and information between different public and private entities with the aim of supporting and promoting EU funding streams in the thematic areas of environment, water, health, public works, energy, tourism, ICT and entrepreneurship.
Syntetica
Syntetica is a materials company developing green-chemistry recycling technologies to convert mixed plastic waste into high-quality raw materials. Its focus is nylon, widely used in sportswear, lingerie, outdoor gear and automotive components. Most nylon textiles contain blends of nylon 6, nylon 6.6 and elastane, making them difficult to recycle mechanically or chemically. Less than 1% of textile waste becomes new fibres [Textile Exchange, 2024]. Nylon is petroleum-derived with a high carbon footprint, and elastane blends make recovery even harder. Syntetica addresses this with a low-temperature recycling process using proprietary green chemistry. It breaks down mixed nylon and elastane waste to molecular components and rebuilds them into regenerated nylon 6 and nylon 6.6. These materials match virgin nylon mechanically and aesthetically while cutting carbon emissions by up to 80% [Quantis, 2025]. The process also recovers value from elastane and blended materials usually considered unrecyclable, supporting circular textile systems. The regenerated nylon functions as a drop-in replacement compatible with existing manufacturing, allowing adoption without any equipment changes. It can be recycled repeatedly, improving resource efficiency and reducing petroleum dependence. Syntetica materials suit apparel, sportswear, underwear, outdoor textiles and industrial plastics. Based in Paris, it works with Uniqlo, Lycra, Victoria’s Secret and ETAM. With over USD 25 million raised, it is preparing a commercial demonstration facility in France to scale circular, low-carbon plastics.
Sensoneo Inc.
With its team of 160+ professionals, Sensoneo provides complex software and hardware solutions worldwide, with an active presence in Europe, USA, and the MENA region. Sensoneo’s smart waste management solutions have garnered attention from countries, cities, and businesses worldwide, with installations in over 90 countries across five continents. As the only company worldwide, Sensoneo has successfully implemented and operates IT systems for Deposit Return Schemes (DRS) in 8 countries, achieving recycling performance exceeding 90%. The deployment of smart sensors by Sensoneo is poised to contribute to the largest smart waste installation worldwide, encompassing an impressive 11,100 sensors in Madrid. Additionally, Sensoneo has designed tools to automate factory waste collection, enabling its customers to improve waste diversion rates and data reporting at their locations.