DyeRecycle is shortlisted for the 2026 Manufacturing Futures Innovation Challenge
The London Fashion District’s Innovation Challenge selected participants for their alignment between scientific innovation and commercial application.
Awards
2024
IChemE Global Sustainability Award
H&M Global Change Award
2023
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship
2023
Mayor of London Sustainability Award
2022
Fashion for Good Global Innovator
2022
In the news.
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Collaboration with Patrick McDowell in Vogue Italia
DyeRecycle’s collaborated with designer Patrick McDowell was featured in Vogue Italia. The Spring/Summer 2026 collection at London Fashion Week featured a red satin dress dyed using pigment recovered from textile waste.
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McDowell turned fashion regulation into a show
Glossy covered DyeRecycle's collaboration with Patrick McDowell at London Fashion Week, highlighting the red satin dress dyed with pigment recovered from textile waste as one of the technically ambitious elements of his Spring/Summer 2026 collection, staged at Battersea Power Station.
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DyeRecycle Shines At Vogue Business Fashion Futures
04 December 2024
We were thrilled to present our cutting-edge innovations at the prestigious Vogue Business Fashion Future event. The showcase provided a platform to demonstrate DyeRecycle's groundbreaking approach to sustainability, drawing interest from industry leaders.
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DyeRecycle Wins IChemE Global Award
28 November 2024
We are pleased to announce that we have won the Sustainability Award at the IChemE Global Awards 2024. The company was recognized for its pioneering process using ionic liquids to extract and recover textile dyes from waste fabric.
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DyeRecycle Gives Dyes A Second Chance
10 May 2024
DyeRecycle was featured in WWD's Sourcing Journal after raising $1.2M in pre-seed funding. The piece covered the technology's ability to selectively extract dyes from textile waste, producing both clean recyclable fibre and reusable recycled dye.
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Green Chemistry Gives Dyes A Second Chance
23 May 2024
CEO Aida Rafat launches into an exciting explanation of her low-cost, circular model that enables us to reuse dye. The interview is featured in WTIN industry sourcing journal with Abigail Turner.
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DyeRecycle Closes First Investment Round
07 May 2024
We are pleased to announce that we have received $1.2 million in pre-seed funding and $1 million in equity-free match funding from Innovate UK. This investment round includes PDS Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Evenlode Investment and Fashion for Good. -

Trailblazer 2024 Finalist by GFA & PDS Ventures
03 May 2024
We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Trailblazer Programme 2024— an initiative by Global Fashion Agenda and PDS Ventures to identify fashion’s most promising early-stage innovators.
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Fashion Future AH! Feature in Wired Japan
28 March 2024
DyeRecycle is featured in WIRED Japan -Vol. 52, 2024, alongside multiple other technologies revolutionizing textiles and materials in the next generation fashion innovation. And don’t forget just a touch of imagination.
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DyeRecycle Wins Best Pitch at Undaunted Competition
19 October 2023
DyeRecycle took second place at Undaunted's Greenhouse Demo Day, held at the Royal Institution. Fifteen climate startups pitched to investors, backed by HSBC UK, the Greater London Authority, and the EU Regional Development Fund.
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Exploring the Palette of Possibilities at the Future Fabrics Expo 2023
04 September 2023
CEO and Founder, Aida Rafat, takes the stage at FFE 2023 to explore the palette of possibilities for dyes. The panel discusses how to turn one of the textile industry’s biggest source of pollution to a frontier of innovation.
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DyeRecycle honored with H&M Global Change Award
08 June 2023
DyeRecycle wins the H&M Foundation’s Global Change Award: Revolutionising Fashion and Redefining its Creation, Perception, and Wearability. The Award supports changemakers with €200,000 grants and a yearlong accelerator programme.
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DyeRecycle at Future of Fashion Innovation Showcase
04 July 2022
DyeRecycle was exhibited as part of the Future of Fashion Innovation showcase at the Institute of Positive Fashion Forum. The Forum brings together leaders in sustainability, business, and policy focused on driving industry-wide transformation.
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Future Fashion Factory Supports DyeRecycle
02 June 2022
The Future Fashion Factory (FFF) supports companies advancing textile technologies to address fashion industry's challenges. FFF uses its £5.4 million research and development fund to it's partnerships, including DyeRecycle.
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Business of Fashion Features DyeRecycle
07 July 2022
Business of Fashion features DyeRecycle and other start-ups that aim to detox dyeing. A number of new technologies offer promising solutions for a lower-impact way forward. The article explains the company’s initial innovation and commercial origins.
