Reju, which focuses on recovering polyester from end-of-life textiles and PET waste streams, has joined Recycling Europe Textiles. The company operates a pilot hub in Frankfurt and is planning further industrial sites in the Netherlands, the US, and France as Europe works to scale textile recycling capacity.
Reju joined Recycling Europe Textiles, the textiles branch of recycling industry association Recycling Europe, the organizations said on Thursday.
Reju, a textile-to-textile recycler, said the move would connect it with policy discussions on circular economy rules and recycled-material markets in Europe.
The company processes polyester textiles and post-consumer PET (polyethylene terephthalate) waste into fiber. Reju operates a pilot “Regeneration Hub” in Frankfurt, Germany, and has announced plans for industrial-scale sites at Chemelot in the Netherlands, Rochester in New York state and Lacq in France.
Recycling Europe, formerly known as EuRIC, said its membership includes around 80 national federations and companies across 24 EU and EFTA countries. Julia Ettinger, Recycling Europe’s secretary-general, said coordinated industry action could bring “circular solutions to market faster.”
