RECICLATEX

What RECICLATEX does

Reciclatex, formally Reciclatex Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza de Interés Social, is a non-profit Andalusian social cooperative based in Andalusia, Spain, that operates across the textile recycling value chain. The company collects and valorizes post-consumer textile waste, catalogs and processes the recovered materials, and manufactures cleaning cloths (trapos) from 100% recycled cotton and recycled polycotton blends. Its product portfolio comprises four SKUs: a first-grade white cotton cleaning cloth, a second-grade white cotton cleaning cloth, a white towel-format cotton cleaning cloth, and a colored polycotton mix cleaning cloth, with unit prices ranging from €6.30 to €146.40 depending on quantity.

Reciclatex is also certified as a Centro Especial de Empleo, a special employment center dedicated to the vocational training and labor integration of people with disabilities, which is central to its dual social-and-environmental mission. The cooperative serves three customer segments: industrial users purchasing cleaning rags in bulk for manufacturing and facility maintenance (primary segment), artisan and craft professionals seeking recycled textile materials, and individual consumers purchasing through retail channels. Distribution occurs through the company's own e-commerce storefront (Tienda), direct wholesale sales to industrial buyers, and custom manufacturing services for third parties producing textile products to specification.

Commercially, Reciclatex sells at both wholesale and end-user pricing with volume-tiered structure, and offers custom manufacturing on a contact-based quotation model. The cooperative has received EU FEDER/FSE funds alongside co-funding from the Junta de Andalucía under the 2014-2020 digital transformation program (2021-2022) to implement digital marketing strategies. Operations are entirely domestic within Andalusia, with no disclosed headcount, revenue figures, or founding date in the available source material.

Name

RECICLATEX

Legal name

Reciclatex Sociedad Cooperativa Andaluza de Interés Social

Website

https://reciclatex.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Reciclatex is a non-profit Andalusian social cooperative in Spain that recycles post-consumer textile waste into cotton and polycotton cleaning cloths, serving industrial buyers, artisans, and individual consumers via wholesale, e-commerce, and custom manufacturing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recycled Industrial Cleaning Textiles

NAICS

Textile Product Mills (314), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Apparel & Other Finishd Prods Of Fabrics & Similar Matl (2300)

akta.pro primary industry

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ), Recycled Textile Compounding & Nonwoven Reprocessing (Insulation/Felts/Geotextiles) (IMAOAMAH), Textile-to-Textile Feedstock Preparation (De-trimming/De-buttoning/De-zipping/Contaminant Removal) (IMAOAMAE)

Keywords

• Textile recycling
• Recycled cotton rags
• Industrial cleaning cloths
• Textile waste management
• Social employment cooperative

Headquarters

HQ city

Sevilla

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Product Sales (Wholesale and Retail): Sale of recycled textile products including cleaning rags (trapos) in various formats (white first quality, white second quality, towel format, polycotton color mix) at wholesale and end-user prices. Manufacturing for third parties.
2. Manufacturing Services for Third Parties: Custom manufacturing of cleaning rags, clothing and other products from recycled textiles for industrial, artisan and individual customers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

RECICLATEX collects post-consumer textile waste, recovers and recycles the fibers, and manufactures cleaning cloths (trapos) from 100% recycled cotton and polycotton materials. It sells these recycled cleaning cloths both wholesale and to end users through its own e-commerce storefront, and provides custom manufacturing services of cleaning rags, clothing, and other textile products for third parties. All operations are conducted through a non-profit Andalusian Social Interest Cooperative that also functions as a Centro Especial de Empleo, employing and training people with disabilities.

Product overview

RECICLATEX operates as a Social Interest Andalusian Cooperative offering a focused product portfolio of recycled textile cleaning cloths. The company manufactures four main products: three white cleaning cloths (first-grade, second-grade, and towel-style) made from 100% recycled cotton, and one colored mixed polycotton recycled cloth. All products are sold both wholesale and to end users, with manufacturing available for third parties. The company also provides textile waste collection, waste recovery, cataloguing, and recycling services as part of its circular economy operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• White 1st Quality 100% Recycled Cotton Rag (TRAPO BLANCO 1ª 100% ALGODÓN RECICLADO)

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Recover: Recover is a Spain-based producer of recycled cotton fiber from post-industrial and post-consumer textile waste. Like Reciclatex, it converts textile waste into usable outputs, but at a more advanced fiber-production stage and larger industrial scale.
• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based chemical recycler focused on textile-to-textile polyester and cotton recovery. Comparable as a recycler taking used textiles back into fiber-grade inputs, though operating with proprietary chemical technology at larger scale.
• Infinited Fiber Company: Finland-based company producing regenerated cellulose fiber (Infinna) from textile waste. Comparable as a recycler taking discarded textiles into usable fiber inputs, though focused on regenerated cellulose rather than mechanically prepared cleaning products.
• Re&Up: Re&Up (formerly Renewcell) operates textile-to-textile recycling converting used cotton garments into Circulose dissolving pulp. Comparable as a recycler of textile waste into upgraded intermediate materials, though at a higher technological and capital intensity.
• Circ: Circ develops technology to recover polyester and cotton from textile waste into virgin-grade raw materials. Comparable as a textile recycler serving the same circular-economy end markets, though focused on chemical recycling at industrial scale.
• Hilaturas Llauder: Spain-based yarn manufacturer with a long-standing focus on recycled and eco fibers. Comparable as a domestic Spanish operator converting recycled textile content into usable industrial inputs, overlapping with Reciclatex's recycling-and-reprocessing value chain.

Regional players

• Ecoalf: Spanish sustainable fashion brand using recycled materials including PET, cotton, and fishing nets. Comparable as a Spain-based player building a brand around recycled textile inputs, though operating in fashion/apparel rather than industrial cleaning products.

Broad incumbents

• Aquafil: Italian fiber producer best known for ECONYL regenerated nylon from post-consumer waste. Comparable as a large established recycler turning waste streams into textile inputs, but at much greater scale and focused on synthetic polyamide rather than cotton.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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