Cotton Textiles

Cotton textiles

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Cotton textiles are the highest-value feedstock for closed-loop recycling, because the fiber is long enough to reclaim and spin again. We destroy retired cotton textiles beyond reuse, document the job with a Certificate of Destruction, and mechanically recover the fiber through our fiber-to-yarn workflow into recycled cotton yarn rather than landfilling it.

Overview

Handling cotton textiles

Cotton recovers well mechanically, which is why it anchors our closed-loop workflow and the yarn buy-back.

Destruction and recovery happen in one accountable loop: secure shredding, fiber recovery, and yarn output.

Recyclability

Where this material goes

Cotton is the strongest candidate for fiber-to-yarn recovery and feeds the recycled cotton yarn we return to manufacturers.

FAQ

Cotton Textiles FAQ

Cotton fiber recovers well through mechanical processing, making it ideal for fiber-to-yarn recovery in the closed loop.
Recycled cotton yarn that manufacturers can buy back for new programs.
Yes, secure destruction is documented with a Certificate of Destruction before fiber recovery.
Pure cotton is the ideal input because the fiber is long enough to reclaim and spin cleanly, but cotton-poly blends are accepted too. They are sorted so the recoverable portion is recycled rather than the whole load being landfilled.
Reclaiming shortens the fiber, so recycled cotton is typically blended rather than spun alone. That is standard practice across the industry, and it is why recycled yarn is specified as a proportion of a garment rather than the whole of it.

Ready to destroy with confidence?

Free quote, photo-documented Certificate of Destruction, zero landfill. Tell us what you need to retire and we'll send a no-obligation quote, usually within minutes.