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How to structure a local textile recycling sector ?

How can we build a truly local textile recycling sector? Collection, sorting, logistics, innovation and recycling: every link in the chain is essential to improving the recovery of used textiles. In Burgundy-Franche-Comté, REC brings regional stakeholders together around a shared objective: to improve the management of textile waste and develop solutions for recycling complex textiles, while fostering a circular economy rooted in local communities. Discover the key challenges and opportunities for collaboration identified during this meeting.
April 8, 2025 /

REC and ALPES TLC: A Partnership for Collecting and Recycling Textiles with Polyamide

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.
February 10, 2025 /

Créer Demain and French Tech Night: REC at the Heart of the Regional Innovation Ecosystem

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.
December 8, 2024 / ,

Pre-consumer Textile Waste and Dormant Stock: How Can these ones Be Recovered?

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.
December 7, 2024 / ,

REC and Provence TLC: A Partnership to Collect and Recycle Textiles Containing Polyamide

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.
November 22, 2024 / ,

REC (formerly Ecollant) Wins the 2024 WeImpact Competition – Decarbonisation Challenge

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.
November 20, 2024 / , ,

REC at the 2024 Deeptech Tour in Dijon: From Incubation to Industrialisation

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.
November 16, 2024 / , ,

A look back at our first participation in the National Polymer Recycling Conference!

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.
November 14, 2024 / , ,

A look back at Textile 360: an inspiring event at the heart of the textile transition!

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.
November 10, 2024 / ,