Alsico unveils first garment made from recycled textiles

In April 2025, Alsico announced a collaboration with advanced recycler Sixone to recycle old polyester-blend workwear from the company’s ARX garment collection facility into polyester chips at scale.

Following months of research and testing, the partnership has produced its first closed-loop fabric made solely from recycled materials.

Vincent Siau, Head of the Alsico Academy, commented: “Our ambition is to create a fully integrated, circular supply chain, where alsico garments are collected, recycled and reborn as new alsico products.

“The successful creation of our first material and finished garment using the polyester chips from our partnership with Sixone is an enormous achievement, and one that confirms we can make circularity a standard in the textiles industry.”

Recycled polyester to make new products

Sixone’s technology recycles post-consumer textiles into polyester chips, which formed the basis of Alsico’s new garment.

The company employs a unique molecular analysis process to determine the ideal recycling conditions for each textile, enabling it to extract pure polyester from chemically complex blends.

This approach allows Sixone to go beyond traditional fibre and colour limitations, giving new life to materials that have been considered unrecyclable.

The finished garment, developed as part of Alsico’s ARX initiative – which covers the brand’s work on rework, repair, care, and recycling – has been tested and validated to meet both market and performance standards required by the workwear manufacturer.

Siau added: “Our finished garment is a huge indicator for Alsico that we are making critical progress, and we can’t wait to share it at A+A in November.

“However, to meet the growing global demands for transparency, accountability, and sustainable products, the academy’s work must continue.

“This means further testing of our recycling processes, but also demonstrating progress across our supply chain, and demonstrating that in 2025, circularity is not only possible but critical for the future of the industry.”