Best of Focus Topic
The October 2025 PERFORMANCE DAYS highlighted a crucial topic for the textile industry’s future: the role of recyclers in a growing circular economy. Under the focus “Textile to Textile – The Role of Recyclers,” the fair showcased a wide range of sustainable textiles and innovative material solutions.
Asia leads in scaling and cost-efficiency for recycled yarns, Europe relies more on mechanical recycling, and Nordic countries focus increasingly on cellulose fibers. Over 50 recycled fabrics demonstrate significant progress, especially in performance and outer-layer materials. Quality has greatly improved, with recycled textiles now soft, elastic, and visually appealing.
The market is clearly moving towards scalable, brand-driven recycling concepts — a vital step toward a more sustainable future.
Among the Best of Focus Topic Picks, several outstanding examples illustrate how textile-to-textile recycling is already shaping the industry’s future. Italian mill Pontetorto demonstrates a fully mechanical recycling loop within one country—turning garment-cutting waste into new high-quality fabrics while minimizing transport emissions. TMA showcases circularity through CIRCULOSE®, a chemically recycled fiber derived from cotton textile waste, recycled and reused within the EU. Evertex highlights Ambercycle’s cycora® regenerated polyester, advancing circular polyester solutions through chemical recycling. BASF’s Loopamid® presents a fully recycled Polyamide 6 made entirely from textile waste, offering the same high performance and comfort as virgin material. Long Advance takes sustainability further with its RENU® 3-layer fabric, using chemically recycled textile waste combined with a recycled laminate and backer for a single-material construction. Finally, Sympatex® impresses with a mono-material 3-layer laminate made from chemically recycled polyester textile waste, featuring both a PES membrane and PES backing—delivering full circularity and outstanding functionality.
Pontetorto Spa
9373/RC/GR
Focus Topic
3% EA, 2% rec. PA, 95% Recycled Polyester T2T
This Quality is a Tecnostretch Fleece made with a mechanically recycled yarn from fabric waste we receive from our clients Our Clients collect their 100% polyester fabric waste by the Garment Makers after the cutting, in fact every style has a certain percentage of fabric waste that can vary from 10 to 20% Once we have received the polyester fabric scraps, we produce a 100% textile to Textile yarn that we use to manufacture a new fabric
Evertex Fabrinology Ltd.
KES9215P
Focus Topic
8% EA, 92% Garment Recycled PES
By using Ambercycle cycora® regenerated polyester, the fabric supports circularity in textile production. Its gridded structure offers excellent warmth-to-weight ratio, making it ideal for warm layers in outdoor activities. It utilizes low-liquor ratio dye vessel.
BASF SE
loopamid
Focus Topic
100% rec. PA
BASF is able to offer a fully recycled Polyamide 6 that is based on textile waste (post-industrial and post-consumer). Our textile-to-textile recycling technology which is able to digest hard-to-recycle polyamide 6 textile waste containing dyestuff, coatings and even other polymers like polyester and elastane. It offers the same excellent quality in performance and comfort with the add on causing lower impact for the environment compared to virgin Polyamide 6, making loopamid attractive for various applications in the fashion and textile industry.
Long Advance Int. Co., Ltd. LPR-25001-G61
Recycled Mono
Focus Topic
100% rec. PES
RENU® polyester chemical recycling system technology, using waste clothing, scraps, as initial raw materials, through thorough chemical recycle system to reduce needs of virgin material. with recycled film and recycled backer, resulting in a single-material structure that offers exceptional performance and sustainability.
Sympatex Technologies GmbH L000322
Kyoto F2F Spring
Focus Topic
100% rec. PES
The Sympatex® "Kyoto F2F Spring AS" is an innovative 3-layer laminate made with a chemically recycled textile-2-textile yarns using pre- and post-consumer waste from old garments and cutting waste. The development of this laminate is an initiative aiming to close the textile loop. It is suitable for functional outdoor garments and sportswear i.e. Running, Cycling, Hiking, Trekking and the like. With its structured, stretchy ripstop surface and soft jersey backing it delivers a modern yet functional and innovative 3-layer material inhibiting substantial sustainability properties.
Unlock Insights: The Best Expert Talks on Textile-to-Textile Recycling
If you want to learn more about T2T recycling and dive deeper into the subject, don’t miss the Expert Talks from the PERFORMANCE DAYS Autumn edition. All talks are now available online, and we’ve curated the top four highlights for you—offering exciting insights and valuable knowledge about Textile-to-Textile recycling.
About the Author
Astrid Schlüchter
PERFORMANCE DAYS
Starting February 2024, Astrid Schlüchter is taking on the role of Senior Communication Manager at PERFORMANCE DAYS. To drive further growth with innovative communication strategies, PERFORMANCE DAYS is bringing Astrid Schlüchter on board not only as a seasoned industry expert but also as a renowned specialist journalist. Before joining PERFORMANCE DAYS, the trained fashion designer led the editorial team of the print and online medium SAZsport as Editor-in-Chief and was instrumental in the development of the Sports Retail Congress. Prior to that, Schlüchter worked for a long time as a freelance writer for various media in the sports, fashion, and lifestyle segments.
