As part of the APEX/IFSA Global Expo 2025, both organisations want to show how disused workwear – especially from the aviation industry – can be recycled and converted into functional building products.
The Greenful Group, based in Estonia, offers an industrially scalable recycling system for textile waste. The process does not require water-intensive or chemical-based processes. The resulting building boards should be able to replace classic wood and plastic materials in certain fields of application.
Every year, around 92 million tons of textile waste and 400 million tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide. Greenful’s planned production sites are expected to process up to 35,000 tonnes of such waste each, enabling potential savings of up to 94,500 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per plant. The long-term goal is to build a global network of 150 locally operating factories.
The building boards consist of 50% textile waste and 35% plastic residues. They are flame-retardant, water-resistant and mechanically resilient.
The production processes support legal requirements such as Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), the Digital Product Passport (DPP) and requirements for circular procurement.
The technical implementation is based on partnerships, including with KraussMaffei for extrusion technology and Elomatic for the planning of the systems.
