FIBREUSE GROUP · TEXTILE & FIBRE RECOVERY
Textiles are tricky.
We're good at tricky.
We split what we collect into dedicated streams by fibre and material, then route each one to some of the most innovative recycling partners across Europe, with one aim: turning it into new fibre. Reuse first. Evidence always.
Reuse-first
Dedicated streams
European fibre-to-fibre partners
WHY NOW
The market's moved.
Your duty of care hasn't.
If textiles feel like harder work than they used to, it isn't you. Four things have changed the job.
IN PLAIN ENGLISH You need a partner who splits streams properly, has more than one route for each, keeps a paper trail that stands up, and is aiming higher than “off the yard”. Hello.
Sources: letsrecycle.com textiles prices 2026; Welsh Government; GOV.UK digital waste tracking; WRAP UK Textiles EPR Blueprint (Jan 2026).
–£150 to –£10
£/TONNE · HWRC BANKS · SEPT 2026
The latest published range for HWRC textile banks. In January 2026 it was –£80 to +£5. Now even the top of the range is a charge. Routes that only work in a good market don't work.
April 2027
WALES · WORKPLACE TEXTILES
The Welsh Government plans to phase in a requirement for workplaces to separate all textiles, not just unsold stock, by April 2027. Separately collected textiles have been banned from landfill in Wales since April 2024.
1 Oct 2026
DIGITAL WASTE TRACKING IS LIVE
Permitted receiving sites in England and Wales must now record every load digitally. Carriers, brokers and dealers are scheduled to follow from October 2027.
EPR
TEXTILES ARE ON THE TABLE
Industry's January 2026 blueprint calls for a mandatory UK textiles EPR scheme. Expect sharper questions about whether your fibre actually gets recycled.
WHO WE ARE
Not a broker.
A fibre specialist.
Fibreuse Group is a UK specialist in textiles and complex fibre waste. We collect from your sites and split the material into dedicated streams by fibre and material type, instead of selling it on as mixed bales.
Each stream then goes to the partner best placed to recover it, including some of the most innovative fibre-to-fibre recyclers across Europe. Wearable items go back into use first. The goal for everything else is simple: back to thread. Other routes only where fibre-to-fibre isn't yet possible.
25
years in specialist waste management
230+
tonnes of textiles managed a month
108
HWRCs supported across the UK
WHAT WE TAKE
The usual suspects.
And the awkward squad.
Clothing is the easy bit. Whatever comes in, we keep each stream separate by fibre and material, because that's what gives it a route into new fibre.
Textiles & clothing
Bank, bag and bulk. Reuse first, then split by fibre for fibre-to-fibre.
Footwear
Shoes, boots and trainers, routed for reuse first.
Specialist streams
Fishing nets, geotextiles and composite fibre materials.
Uniforms & workwear
Including secure destruction routes for branded kit.
Mattresses
Collected and broken down so the steel, fibre and foam can be recovered.
PU foam
Converter offcuts and post-consumer foam.
Carpet
Carpet and rugs, with routes that sit above energy recovery.
Technical textiles & PA66
Airbag fabric, nylon and automotive fibres, kept as clean single-polymer streams.
Plastics
Mixed rigids, PET, film and nylon, agreed case by case.
Mixed & general waste
For multi-site operators: surveyed, mapped and routed, recycling first.
Surplus & returns
Unsold and returned stock: reuse first, with evidence.
Not on the list?
Send a photo and a rough tonnage.
HOW IT WORKS
From bank to new fibre
in five steps.
The order matters.
Every load is graded for its highest sensible use, not for whoever pays most this week.
1 · Reuse
Wearable clothing and sound footwear go back into use.
2 · Fibre-to-fibre
Non-wearable textiles, split by fibre, go to fibre-to-fibre recycling.
3 · Other recycling
Where fibre-to-fibre isn't possible yet: wiping cloths and other recycled uses.
4 · Recovery
Only when nothing better exists. Disposal is the last resort.
1
We collect
Banks, containers or bulk loads from your sites, sized to what they actually generate. Extra lifts when things get busy.
2
We split it
Wearable items come out for reuse first. The rest is separated into dedicated streams by fibre and material type.
3
We match it
Each stream goes to the specialist partner best placed to recycle it, including fibre-to-fibre recyclers across Europe.
4
Fibre-to-fibre
The aim for every stream: fibre recovered and spun into new yarn. Other routes only where that isn't possible yet.
5
We prove it
Weights, streams, destinations and outcomes, reported monthly and kept audit-ready.
TRACEABILITY & REPORTING
Follow the fibre.
Asked “where did it actually go?” You'll have the answer on one page: which stream, which partner, what outcome.
Ready for the digital tracking era.
Since 1 October 2026, permitted sites in England and Wales have had to record every load they receive on the government's digital waste tracking service, with collectors and brokers due to follow. We think you should get that level of visibility over your own material anyway, so that's how we work.
Your site
Collection & transfer note
Weighbridge ticket
Dedicated stream
Specialist partner
Your report
Weighbridge evidence
Weights from a calibrated weighbridge, with the certificate available on request.
Waste transfer notes
The right paperwork for every movement, kept and retrievable.
Mass balance
Tonnes in, tonnes out, by stream and by partner. It adds up, or we find out why.
Partner due diligence
Permits and audit evidence for the partners we use, UK and European, ready for your duty-of-care checks.
Site-by-site data
Weights per site and per collection, so you can see which banks are earning their keep.
Outcome by stream
Reuse, fibre-to-fibre, other recycling and recovery, reported separately.
“Why not just use a broker?”
Fair question.
A typical broker
Fibreuse
Splits material into dedicated streams and routes each to the partner that can turn it back into fibre.
The model
Moves mixed bales to whoever pays most this week.
Specialist UK and European partners, so there's always a second route.
Partners
One favourite processor. When it stops taking, so do you.
The awkward streams are why we exist.
Awkward material
Clothing, please. Foam, mattresses, carpet? Sorry.
Weighbridge tickets, mass balance and an audit-ready pack.
Evidence
A transfer note and a shrug.
Reuse first, then fibre-to-fibre. Other routes only where that isn't possible yet.
Priorities
Price first, questions later.
We talk early, and we already have options lined up.
Bad markets
The phone stops being answered.
Site-by-site, stream-by-stream figures for your targets and returns.
Data
A monthly total, if you chase.
End goal
Off the yard, out of sight.
Into the next yarn.
OUR PROMISE
We'd rather tell you a stream has no good route than pretend it does.
01
Snap a photo
Of the bank, the bale or the pile. A phone picture is fine.
Got a stream nobody wants?
Good.
Send it our way. We'll come back with a route, a price and an honest view on how close to new fibre we can get it.
02
Rough numbers
Approximate tonnes, bank count or loads a month. Best guesses welcome.
LET'S TALK
03
Where it is
Site postcodes and any access quirks we should know about.