Australian clean technology company specializing in textile recycling, BlockTexx has entered into a strategic partnership with Asia Pacific Fibers (APF), an integrated polyester manufacturer based in Indonesia.

This collaboration is focused on developing and supplying textile-to-textile recycled polyester filament yarn solutions for the global apparel and fashion sectors.

BlockTexx uses its patented SOFT (Separation of Fibre Technology) process to chemically separate and recover polyester and cellulose from blended textile waste (like poly-cotton garments). The recovered polyester is marketed as PolyTexx rPET.

APF uses the PolyTexx rPET as a raw material to create its Re-petitive yarns. This manufacturing process minimizes water usage, chemical pollution, and landfill waste, achieving a truly circular solution.

The resulting yarns are designed to be commercial and competitive with virgin materials. They are made from 100 per cent recycled polymers and can include anywhere from 10 per cent to 50 per cent textile waste (from BlockTexx's PolyTexx).

The Re-petitive yarns are available in raw white, dope-dyed, and with inherent functional features such as stretch, moisture management, anti-UV, anti-microbial and biodegradability

The companies will jointly promote these commercially ready yarns to international textile markets to drive the uptake of scalable, circular fashion solutions.