BlockTexx S.O.F.T. Blended Textile Separation and Recovery

BlockTexx is an Australian textile recovery company founded by Graham Ross and Adrian Jones, with offices in Sydney, Melbourne and the Gold Coast and a commercial-scale textile recovery facility in Loganholme, Queensland. It addresses the fact that most end-of-life clothing, uniforms and linen are polyester-cotton blends that cannot be recycled mechanically and end up in landfill.

Its S.O.F.T. (separation of fibre technology) chemical process shreds textiles, separates polyester from cellulose without degrading either, washes and dries both streams and extrudes the polyester into pellets. Outputs are PolyTexx rPET pellets for textiles, injection moulding and construction, and CellTexx microcrystalline cellulose for agriculture and construction. Inputs include poly-cotton blends, 100% polyester, cotton and man-made cellulosics. Supply partners are uniform, linen and apparel companies such as Qantas, Jetstar, IKEA Australia, Sheridan and Alsco Uniforms.

• S.O.F.T. separation: chemical process that splits polyester and cellulose in blended textiles without degrading them.
• PolyTexx rPET: polyester extruded into pellets for textiles, injection moulding and construction.
• CellTexx cellulose: microcrystalline cellulose from cotton for agriculture and building products.
• Broad inputs: poly-cotton blends, 100% polyester, cotton, bamboo, flax, rayon, Tencel and modal.
• Commercial facility: operating textile recovery plant in Loganholme, Queensland.
• Design for recycling: works with brands to redesign garments so they are fully recyclable.

Vietnamese polyester fibre and yarn makers can buy textile-derived PolyTexx pellets or partner on a S.O.F.T. facility to process local poly-cotton offcuts. Hotel groups, airlines and uniform suppliers in Vietnam can set up end-of-life programmes for linen and uniforms. Garment exporters can co-design recyclable uniforms with BlockTexx for Australian clients.

BlockTexx recovers value from poly-cotton blends, the hardest textile stream to recycle, instead of sending them to landfill or incineration. PolyTexx pellets are stated to retain the properties of virgin PET, so they can return into new fabrics, as shown with Asia Pacific Fibers. Uniform and linen owners gain a documented end-of-life pathway, and design-for-recycling advice can cut processing costs, as reported by Deane Apparel.

Polyester-cotton blends dominate uniforms, linen and fast fashion, yet mechanical recycling cannot separate them, creating demand for chemical separation. Brands and governments are setting textile stewardship schemes and recycled-content targets. Polyester producers such as Asia Pacific Fibers are starting to use textile-derived rPET, a direction relevant to Vietnam's polyester and garment supply chain.

Founded by Graham Ross and Adrian Jones; facility in Loganholme, Queensland, Australia. Awards include the 2024 Banksia National Sustainability Gold Award and the 2025 SIM-PAC Live Sustainability Award; Fashion for Good South Asia Innovation Program alumnus. Partnerships in 2025 with EREMA Group, Asia Pacific Fibers, Pact and Opal, and member of the Seamless clothing stewardship scheme.