Blocktexx
3 known investors
BlockTexx operates a commercial-scale textile recovery facility that recycles unwanted clothing and textile waste into new products, diverting them from landfill. Using its S.O.F.T. (separation of fibre technology) chemical process, the company serves agriculture, injection moulding, and building & construction markets through an end-to-end collection and remanufacturing ecosystem across Australia.
Also known as BlockTexx · BlockTexx®
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026BlockTexx is an Australian clean technology company that recovers polyester and cellulose from end-of-life textiles and clothing. Its patented S.O.F.T.™ (separation of fibre technology) chemical process separates hard-to-recycle polyester/cotton blends, as well as 100% polyester, 100% cotton and cellulosic and man-made cellulosic fibres such as bamboo, flax, rayon, tencel and modal, back into their constituent raw materials without deteriorating them. Feedstock such as sheets, clothing and towels is shredded, treated with the S.O.F.T. process, washed and dried, then either extruded into pellets (polyester) or dewatered (cellulose).
The process yields two branded output materials: PolyTexx®, an rPET pellet re-polymerised to textile-fibre grade and described as retaining the properties of virgin material, sold into textiles, injection moulding, and building and construction; and CellTexx®, a regenerated microcrystalline cellulose "clay" from cotton fibres used in agriculture and building and construction. BlockTexx positions itself around three output streams — fibre to fibre, fibre to product and fibre to agriculture — and operates an end-to-end ecosystem covering Australia-wide collection, decommissioning and shredding through processing and remanufacture.
The company operates a commercial-scale textile resource recovery facility at Loganholme, Queensland, with a stage 1 capacity of 4,000 tonnes per annum that it is expanding to a stage 2 capacity of 10,000 tonnes per annum. Founders Graham Ross and Adrian Jones lead a team spanning production and technology, product development, design innovation, laboratory science, logistics, engagement and policy, and finance.
Founding story
BlockTexx was founded by Graham Ross and Adrian Jones, who combined backgrounds in sustainable textiles and retail fashion to address end-of-life textiles and clothing. The company frames its origin around the observation, attributed to BlockTexx in 2018, that polyester is made from the same material as a soft drink bottle yet clothing is not recycled with the same attention as beverage containers.
Business model
BlockTexx runs an end-to-end textile resource recovery operation: it collects, decommissions and shreds unwanted textiles and clothing across Australia, processes them through its S.O.F.T. separation technology at its own facility, and remanufactures the outputs into raw materials and industry-specific products. It works with feedstock supply partners on one side and industrial off-take customers and production partners on the other, and also runs council and household collection campaigns under the Give a Sheet® for the Planet banner.
Revenue is derived from the recovered materials PolyTexx® (rPET pellets) and CellTexx® (microcrystalline cellulose), sold either as raw materials or as industry-specific products into textiles, injection moulding, building and construction, and agriculture, alongside textile collection, decommissioning and recycling services for organisations such as government agencies and corporate uniform programs.
Traction
The Loganholme facility operates at a stage 1 capacity of 4,000 tonnes per annum with expansion underway to 10,000 tonnes per annum. Completed work includes recycling 37 tonnes of Services Australia uniforms onshore, council-based textile collection events with Sunshine Coast and Noosa councils, a hydromulch trial with Logan City Council at Underwood Park, and partner INGWE developing trims and components from PolyTexx® rPET.
Latest developments
In October 2025 the EREMA Group announced a strategic investment in BlockTexx at the K show in Düsseldorf, with the partnership aimed at scaling post-consumer textile-to-textile recycling to industrial levels, and BlockTexx announced a working partnership with integrated polyester manufacturer Asia Pacific Fibers to develop and supply textile-to-textile recycled polyester filament yarn for global fashion clients. Earlier in 2025 the company joined the Seamless stewardship scheme, launched a uniform recycling pilot with Opal, won the Banksia National Sustainability Gold Award, and began exploring garment collection and recycling for Australian fashion brands with Pact Group.
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Market position
BlockTexx describes itself as an Australian pioneer in textile resource recovery operating a commercial-scale facility for blended textile recycling, a segment historically difficult to address. It has been recognised through awards including the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence Australian Hero Award and Manufacturing Innovation Award, the Banksia National Sustainability Gold and Circular Economy awards, an AuManufacturing Top 10 Gold Award, the AMTIL Advanced Manufacturing Award, and the AFR most sustainable company recognition in 2023.
Its differentiation rests on a patented chemical separation process capable of splitting polyester/cotton blends of any colour or condition at commercial scale, combined with vertical integration from Australia-wide collection through to remanufactured branded outputs (PolyTexx® and CellTexx®) serving multiple downstream industries rather than textiles alone.
Technology
The core technology is S.O.F.T.™ (separation of fibre technology), an Australian-developed, patented chemical recovery process combined with advanced manufacturing. Blended textiles are shredded, chemically separated so that polyester and cellulose are unlocked without component deterioration, washed and dried; polyester is dried and extruded into PET pellets while cellulose is dewatered or dried. It handles polyester/cotton blends, 100% polyester, 100% cotton and cellulosic and man-made cellulosic fibres; one report cites recovery of around 95%.
Go-to-market
The company partners with feedstock suppliers, brands, retailers, packaging and plastics companies and councils, running pilots and joint programs (for example uniform recycling with Services Australia and Opal, a garment collection and recycling exploration with Pact Group, and hydromulch trials with Logan City Council), and participates in industry platforms such as Fashion for Good's Full Circle Textiles Project Polyester, Canopy and the Seamless clothing stewardship scheme.
Fashion and textile brands and retailers, corporate and government uniform programs (for example Services Australia and Opal), commercial linen users, injection moulding, packaging, building and construction firms, agricultural users, and local councils and households contributing collected textiles.
Geography
Headquartered and operating a textile resource recovery facility in Loganholme, Queensland, Australia, with Australia-wide collection. International reach comes via partners and investors including Amsterdam-based Fashion for Good, Asia Pacific Fibers and the EREMA Group.
History
Over roughly five years the company developed, tested, patented and commercialised its S.O.F.T. chemical separation process, moving from laboratory work to a commercial-scale textile recovery facility in Loganholme, Queensland. It was recognised in 2019 as a Global 50 to Watch clean tech company, and in 2020 was an alumnus of Fashion for Good's South Asia Innovation Program and of the Plug and Play – Alliance to End Plastic Waste program, and was named in Apparel Insider's 50 International Stars of Sustainable Textiles. In 2022 it won the Australian Technologies Competition circular economy category and was named one of nine emerging seed industries by the Queensland government. In February 2024 it closed a AUD 7 million Series B to fund expansion of the Loganholme plant from 4,000 to 10,000 tonnes per annum, and through 2024–25 it added industrial partnerships with Pact Group, Opal, Asia Pacific Fibers and EREMA Group.
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Timeline · 16
launches, deals, and filingsAt the K show in Düsseldorf, EREMA Group announced a strategic investment in BlockTexx; the partnership aims to scale post-consumer textile-to-textile recycling to industrial levels by combining both companies' technologies.
Integrated polyester manufacturer Asia Pacific Fibers and BlockTexx announced a working partnership to develop and supply textile-to-textile recycled polyester filament yarn solutions to global fashion clients.
BlockTexx partner INGWE developed a range of trims and components for the textile industry made using BlockTexx's PolyTexx rPET, presented as first-to-market innovations demonstrating full circularity.
BlockTexx was awarded the Banksia National Sustainability Gold Award, organised by the Banksia Foundation, for its work tackling textile waste.
Plastic recycler and packaging manufacturer Pact Group and BlockTexx will jointly explore development of garment collection and recycling operations for fashion brands and clothing retailers in Australia.
BlockTexx won two awards at the InnovationAus 2024 Awards for Excellence, including the top 'Australian Hero' honour and the Award for Manufacturing Innovation.
BlockTexx worked with Logan City Council to trial a hydromulch blend of recycled cotton fibres, grass seed and fertiliser intended to increase grass coverage at Underwood Park in Priestdale.
The Australian government announced mandated sustainable procurement targets for government construction services projects above $7.5 million, extending from 1 July 2025 to textile tenders above $1 million; the policy was announced at BlockTexx's textile resource recovery facility.
BlockTexx closed a AUD $7 million Series B round from existing investors Mike and Sue Gregg and Artesian, plus new investor Fashion for Good, to expand its Loganholme facility from 4,000 to 10,000 tonnes per annum.
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BlockTexx won the circular economy category of the Australian Technologies Competition and was named one of nine emerging seed industries by the Queensland government.
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Blocktexx do?
- Australian clean technology company that chemically separates and recovers polyester and cellulose from blended textiles and clothing.
- Who are Blocktexx's investors?
- Blocktexx's investors include Artesian.