As the UK’s leading safety products and services company, Arco has committed seed funding to partner with start-up company Stuff4Life to support the research and development of a closed-loop, circular economy solution for polyester workwear.

CIWM Fellow and Stuff4Life founder, John Twitchen, responds to a recent report which claims recycled content polyester is ‘greenwashing’, in this article for CIWM’s Circular Online.

Stuff4Life is a start-up company focused on delivering customer-based solutions that answer the question “what can I do with workwear and PPE at the end of its life?”

Developing a circular economy and removing plastics from the environment will be the focus of a new partnership between Teesside University and an innovative environmental start-up.

Stuff4Life has partnered with Recoup to help tackle the other plastic challenge – fabrics made from polyester and other polymers.

Home is where the heart is. Our new home is Tees Valley, a world centre of excellence in chemicals and materials sciences, manufacturing and energy.

Safety is the number one priority for infrastructure, construction, minerals and resource management organisations.

We all buy stuff – the things we need for everyday life, special occasions, or to get out of a tight spot. But have you asked yourself the following questions: What is it made from and where and how was it made? How long will it last? And critically, at the end of its life, what is its fate?