Can slow fashion truly be circular without incorporating recycling? Durability, repair, second-hand, reuse, collection and recycling: every solution has a role to play in transforming the textile industry. Discover why polyamide recycling is essential for recovering complex textiles that can no longer be reused, and how REC is helping give a new life to materials from end-of-life garments.
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What regulatory requirements need to be anticipated when a recycling technology moves to industrial scale? In February 2025, Ecollant took part in a morning event dedicated to ICPE (Facilities Classified for Environmental Protection) at the AuxR_Green Lab Technopole. This meeting was an important opportunity to better understand the challenges related to safety, environmental impacts and compliance for a future industrial polyamide recycling facility. Discover how these requirements support the transition from innovation to industrialisation.
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How can textiles containing polyamide be collected and recycled? For several years, REC has been working with ALPES TLC to identify, sort and characterise end-of-life textiles containing polyamide. This collaboration is essential for building suitable feedstock streams, better preparing materials and contributing to the development of an industrial recycling value chain for complex textiles. Discover the story behind this partnership and the challenges involved in collecting textiles containing nylon.
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How do you move from a laboratory-developed technology to an industrial polyamide recycling process? In 2025, Ecollant, now REC, reached a strategic milestone with the scale-up of its technology for recycling complex textiles containing polyamide. This phase helped consolidate the process, assess its robustness and prepare for the transition to a larger scale. Discover the technological challenges involved in this key step towards industrialisation.
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How can an innovative idea be transformed into an industrial prototype? On the occasion of Ambition Day, Ecollant looked back at the early stages of developing its technology dedicated to recycling polyamide contained in complex textiles. From the origins of the project to the first experiments, discover how a Deeptech innovation is progressively developed through R&D, collaboration and the validation of the first technological milestones.
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2025 was a decisive year in preparing for the industrialisation of polyamide recycling. After several years of research and development, Ecollant, which became REC in 2026, reached a new milestone with the scale-up of its technology for recycling polyamide from complex textiles. Discover the key developments, technological challenges and collaborations that shaped this pivotal year, ahead of REC’s industrial site becoming established in Joigny.
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What is planned obsolescence in textiles, and what impact does it have on recycling? Not all garments are necessarily designed to become unusable quickly, but their lifespan depends on many factors: quality, fashion trends, care, repairability and material composition. Discover the challenges surrounding garment lifespan, the end-of-life of complex textiles, and the solutions developed by REC to recycle the polyamide and nylon contained in certain textiles.
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How does an industrial Deeptech company move from innovation to industrialisation? At Créer Demain and the 2024 French Tech Night in Dijon, Ecollant, now REC, looked back on its journey, its regional ecosystem and the development of its polyamide recycling technology for complex textiles. Discover the meetings, partners and milestones that have supported REC on its path towards industrialisation.
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Can textile offcuts and dormant stock become new industrial resources? Production offcuts, leftover rolls, manufacturing defects and surplus stock: these pre-consumer textile waste streams containing polyamide represent a complementary source of material to end-of-life textiles. Discover how REC is working to structure their collection, characterisation and recovery in order to secure the feedstock needed for industrial polyamide recycling.
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How could enzymes contribute to nylon and polyamide recycling? As part of its R&D activities, REC is exploring the potential of enzymatic solutions to address the challenges involved in separating fibers in complex textiles, particularly those combining polyamide and elastane. Discover this innovative research pathway and the scientific challenges involved in recycling blended fibers.
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Polyamide recycling starts with the collection and sorting of used textiles. Together with Provence TLC, REC began its initial research by focusing on tights, socks and hosiery containing a high proportion of nylon. Discover how waste-stream characterisation and the sorting of complex textiles are helping to build an industrial polyamide recycling value chain.
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A victory recognising innovation in support of decarbonisation. In 2024, Ecollant, now REC, won the We Impact – Decarbonisation Challenge for its project to recycle nylon and polyamide from complex textiles. Discover the story behind this recognition and how recycling existing materials can help reduce reliance on virgin resources and accelerate circularity in the textile industry.
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How does an industrial Deeptech company move from innovation to industrialisation? At the 2024 Deeptech Tour in Dijon, Ecollant, now REC, looked back on its journey, the support it received from the regional ecosystem, and the development of its PA6 and PA6.6 polyamide recycling technology. Discover an important milestone in REC’s history and how far we have come since 2019.
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How Can Polyamide from Complex Textiles Be Recycled? REC looks back at its participation in the National Polymer Recycling Conference and its discussions with experts in recycling, polymers and textiles. Discover our latest progress and our vision for accelerating the development of a genuine nylon recycling value chain.
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Recycling complex textiles requires the entire value chain to work together. At Textile 360, REC met with collectors, sorting centres, industrial companies, brands and innovation stakeholders to discuss the collection, sorting and recovery of used textiles. Discover the challenges and collaborations needed to develop a more circular recycled polyamide value chain.
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