Recyclers BlockTexx and Indonesia’s Asia Pacific Fibers partner on polyester yarns

Indonesia’s Asia Pacific Fibers (APF) and textile recycler BlockTexx have announced “a working partnership” to develop a variety of filament yarns made of recycled polyester and co-market these to global fashion and textile industry clients.

Graham Ross, Co-founder of BlockTexx, said, “BlockTexx’s mission has been to develop low emissions technology to deliver commercial scale recycled products that are price comparative to virgin products.

“We value the technical development expertise of the team at Asia Pacific Fibers and we appreciate their commitment to being an industry driver of Textile-to-Textile products. We are delighted to showcase these fabrics in Europe in October.”

According to a statement from Brisbane-based BlockTexx on Wednesday, APF’s Re-petitive yarns are available in “raw white, dope dyed and with inherent functional features such as stretch, moisture management, anti UV, anti-microbial, anti-dust mite and biodegradability”. 

These are currently made of 100 per cent recycled polymers, with textile contents “curated as per the customers' requirements” and ranging from 10 per cent to 50 per cent textile waste.

“Our flagship product Re-petitive, made from PolyTexx rPET exemplifies our commitment to sustainability, offering our value chain partners a truly circular solution that minimi[s]es water usage, chemical pollution, and landfill waste,” added V Ravishankar, CEO, Asia Pacific Fibers.

BlockTexx has developed a world-first process, named SOFT, which is able to process blended polyester/cotton garments and recover plastic flakes and cellulose. These recycled materials are marketed as PolyTexx and CellTexx respectively.

BlockTexx was founded by Ross and Adrian Jones in 2018 and has capacity to process 10,000 tonnes of fabric every year at its Queensland recycling plant. 

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