Drawing on the textile heritage and technical expertise of the Sanko Group, the company works to translate circular ambition into scalable, industrial solutions.
Through the development of Next-Gen Cotton and Next-Gen Polyester, RE&UP supports brands in integrating recycled fibres that meet performance, quality and consistency requirements comparable to virgin materials. With headquarters in the Netherlands and recycling operations in Türkiye, RE&UP is building the infrastructure needed to support circular supply chains across fashion and workwear.
Closing the loop with technology
At the core of RE&UP’s approach is fibre-to-fibre recycling that moves beyond downcycling, enabling non-rewearable textiles to be transformed into new raw materials suitable for circular textile production.
RE&UP’s patent-pending proprietary process is feedstock-agnostic and designed to effectively recycle a wide range of textile blends, including cotton, polyester, and polycotton. By combining advanced mechanical and thermomechanical technologies, the system can handle both pre- and post-consumer waste streams with reduced requirements for highly sorted or uniform inputs.
This approach allows RE&UP to operate two parallel recycling pathways: one optimised for high cotton content and one for high polyester content, which enables the separation of blended materials into new, high-quality fibres that serve as viable alternatives to virgin options.
Partnering for circularity
Through its UK sourcing agent, RE&UP is developing partnerships with workwear suppliers, reuse organisations, local authorities and high street brands seeking pre- and post-commercial textile feedstock that is unsuitable for reuse but too valuable to waste.
RE&UP works to test, and certify material before it is sent for processing, ensuring full compliance with brand and data protection requirements.
These collaborations enable closed-loop supply chains, allowing organisations to supply their end-of-life workwear or unsold garments and, in turn, re-enter the system as buyers of high-quality recycled materials made from their own textile waste, bringing circularity into practical operation.
Looking ahead
RE&UP is a proud new member of UKFT and is committed to being part of the conversations shaping the UK’s circular future. The company is actively contributing to dialogue around textile-to-textile infrastructure, EPR readiness and sustainable material innovation, with a particular focus on enabling brands to design for recyclability from the start.
Through collaborations with forward-thinking brands, local government and technical innovators, RE&UP is not only reducing textile waste it’s redefining what’s possible for the future of fabrics.
“Fibre-to-fibre is no longer a future ambition it’s happening now. We’re proud to be building it with our UK partners” – Dawn Dungate, UK Sourcing Agent for RE&UP
