Safety giant Arco has followed up a seed funding investment in a workwear recycling start-up to take it to market.
The Hull-headquartered industry-leading operator backed Teesside-based Stuff4Life last March as the research and development project launched. Now it is committing to commercialisation with more cash, creating a new joint venture company to establish a circular supply chain for polyester.
As a key supplier of workwear, Arco is keen to address the problem of end-of-life products. Nearly 90 per cent of the 33 million workwear items supplied annually currently end up in landfill or are incinerated.
