Winners across six categories to be revealed during Textiles Recycling Expo on 25 June 2026

The organisers of Textiles Recycling Expo have announced the finalists for the inaugural Textiles Recycling Awards, recognising innovation, leadership and measurable impact within the global textile recycling industry.

The awards ceremony will take place on 25 June 2026 at 2pm in the Conference Theatre at Brussels Expo, Belgium, during the Textiles Recycling Expo. The ceremony will be hosted by Mariska Boer and will bring together stakeholders from across the textile recycling value chain, including recyclers, brands, innovators and policymakers.

Retailer of the Year Finalists

• MANGO – Closing the Textile Loop: Scaling Circularity at Mango
• Armedangels – ARMEDANGELS: Circular Fashion as a Business Model
• Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Beyond Retro

Product of the Year Finalists

• Alsico – FITZROY
• Teixits Torné S.L. – Transforming Mixed-Colour Textile Waste into High-Value Circular Fabrics
• Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Coach x Bank & Vogue – Soho Bag
• Elis – Workwear to workwear
• FibreTrace – FIBRETRACE®: Material Verification Technology for a Circular Textile Industry

Textile Collection & Sorting Award Finalists

• Saubermacher – From Old Fabric to Future Fiber: A Partnership Driven Circular Textile Take Back Initiative
• Green Worms Waste Management Private Limited
• Teciteca & Teci – Teciteca & Teci: the first circular and sustainable textile museum in Brazil
• Manuela Catania – Realm of Senses
• Texet Benelux NV – Untagged Movement

The category is sponsored by EVK.

Textile Recycling Project of the Year Finalists

• Circ – Scaling Textile-to-Textile Recycling with the World’s First Commercial Polycotton Solution
• Recover – From Waste to Fiber: Recover’s Blueprint for Circular Textiles
• BlockTexx Pty Ltd – Scaling Textile-to-Textile Recycling for Blended Fibres at Commercial Scale
• Jiangsu Recycolor New Materials Co., Ltd – Why Recycolor & CTC Should Be Recognised as the Textile Recycling Project of the Year
• Pedrosa & Rodrigues – CIRCLO Industrial Ecosystem Engineering High Quality Circular Knits

This category is sponsored by Redonate.

Innovation in Recycling Technology Award Finalists

• Jiangsu REO-ECO Tech Group Co., Ltd – BioCulus powered by REO-ECO Enzymatic Recycling
• PICVISA MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS SL – Industrial Innovation in Textile Sorting: The Integrated PICVISA & Girbau Solution
• MacroCycle Technologies – Circular textile at price parity through non-depolymerizing chemical recycling
• Yuantian Biotechnology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd – Enzymatic Recycling Technology Leads to the New Paradigm of Textile Circular Economy
• Renasens – Turning Blended Textile Waste into High-Quality Recycled Fibers

Rising Star Award Finalists

• Epoch Biodesign – Jacob Nathan
• Matoha Instrumentation Ltd. – Dr Hans Hon Sang Chan & Dr Martin Holicky
• Beyond Retro Ltd | Bank & Vogue – Beyond Retro x Seasalt Collection
• Green Worms – End Textile Waste Alliance
• Fibre to Fibre – Tom Atkin: Fibre to Fibre, Finance_2_Fashion and ATKIN Clothing

The Textiles Recycling Awards Ceremony will be open to all registered visitors attending the exhibition and conference. The event will take place alongside the Textiles Recycling Expo from 24–25 June 2026 at Brussels Expo, Belgium.