Textile waste sorting and recycling

Most textiles are wasted after use. Less than 1% of textiles fibers produced are being recycled today. This is a global challenge that needs new solutions. TOMRA Textiles is on a mission to close the gap between textile waste and textile-to-textile recycling.

Scaling textile waste circularity

To enable circularity at scale, we need high-volume, high-precision sorting solutions supported by regulations and incentives, collaboration across the value chain, investments in infrastructure, and a strong digital core. Drawing on TOMRA's 50+ years of experience in circularity, TOMRA Textiles develops, integrates, and scales automated sorting solutions for transforming the textiles value chain.

Collaboration and partnerships are key to making this system change happen. If you`re interested in discussing solutions, we`d love to hear from you!

Contact the TOMRA Textiles team

Vibeke Krohn and Jo Eikeland Roald speaking at a seminar in Oslo

Partnering and co-creating for textiles circularity

Enabling systems change in a global value chain optimized for linear efficiency since the First Industrial Revolution requires concerted efforts across the textiles value chain -- and stimulating the establishment of essential new steps. TOMRA Textiles works with progressive partners on technology, business models, and regulatory development.

Our latest whitepaper: Transforming Textiles

Today the textile industry is one of the largest contributors to global emissions, releasing one gigaton of CO2 into the atmosphere each year while less than one percent of textile fibers produced are recycled. A closed-loop system for textiles will reduce this environmental impact and promote greater circularity in the textile industry.

Read more about the strategies and solutions we believe will enable textile-to-textile recycling systems that will transform the textile value chain in our whitepaper (released April 2024).

Transforming Textiles: 4 key beliefs to enable textiles circularity

About TOMRA Textiles

TOMRA Textiles is part of TOMRA Horizon, the venture arm of TOMRA set up to explore and develop new business opportunities that build upon and augment TOMRA's core areas of expertise.

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Pictured from left: Mathieu Berthoud, Director Strategic Sourcing & Public Affairs, CARBIOS; Vibeke Krohn, Head of TOMRA Textiles; Emmanuel Ladent, CEO, CARBIOS; Mari Larsen Sæther, Recycling Lead, TOMRA Textiles.

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CARBIOS and TOMRA Textiles join forces to scale circularity of polyester textiles

CARBIOS and TOMRA Textiles will collaborate to close the textiles circularity gap between collection of textile waste and innovative technologies for textile-to-textile recycling.

TOMRA Textiles and Circle-8 to explore solutions for a UK circular textile ecosystem

TOMRA Textiles and Circle-8 Textile Ecosystems have entered into a collaboration agreement to advance developments towards the first automated textiles sorting and pre-processing facility for non-reusable textiles in the United Kingdom.

TOMRA demonstrates textile sorting at Homeboy Threads in Los Angeles

A diverse crowd of textile experts, fashion designers, policymakers, recycling specialists and waste management representatives gathered in Los Angeles on February 29th to witness fully automated textile sorting by TOMRA.

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Transforming Textiles: TOMRA's new white paper presents circular value chain solutions

TOMRA, a pioneering force in automated textile sorting, presents its latest white paper titled ‘Transforming Textiles: 4 Key Beliefs to Enable Textiles Circularity’. This paper addresses the current state of the textiles industry, strategies and technologies needed for the transition to a circular value chain.

Closing the gap in textiles circularity