Circ
Introduction: Circ is a textile-to-textile chemical recycler with the ability to recycle different types of textile waste (polyester-based, cellulosic-based and blended). In doing so, Circ produces virgin-equivalent outputs (like dissolving pulp for lyocell fibre production and polyester monomers for PET production) that can be sold downstream to produce new recycled materials.
- Focus Area: End of Use
- Founded in: 2010
- Stage: seriesB3
- Funding Status: late
- Website: https://circ.earth/
- Location: USA
In Conversation with Circ: The Innovator Turning Textile Waste into New Materials
The Fashion for Good team interviewed Luke Henning, Chief Business Officer of Circ, to learn more about the innovator’s story, technology, challenges and successes and showcase innovations that are driving tangible change in the industry and leading the path to scale.
Why Fashion for Good is working with Circ?
Circ focuses on turning post-consumer polycotton waste into terephthalic acid (a monomer of PET) and dissolving pulp for lyocell fibres, thus reducing the reliance on virgin materials for both cellulosic and PET waste streams. This technology enables the recycling of blended textile waste, as a large majority of textiles waste contains fibre blends, thereby reducing waste and building a more circular system.
