Leigh Fibers, a recycled fiber products producer based in Wellford, S.C., announced that the company’s facility in Brownsville, Texas, has recycled more than half a billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste since the facility’s opening in the late 1990s.
“We are proud to have been one of the first to engage the post-consumer textile waste issue and intend to continue to be a leader in this space,” said Steve Lister, chief financial officer of Leigh Fibers. “Our end users encourage and embrace post-consumer content and nearly every brand and retailer in this country have sustainability goals, circularity goals and a desire to keep their textile waste out of landfill. We have the mechanical capability, relationships and expertise to repurpose and recycle at a scale and magnitude that no one else can match. That is what makes us unique.”
In addition to its post-consumer recycling capabilities in Brownsville, Texas, Leigh Fibers can also recycle post-consumer textile waste at its Spartanburg, S.C., location.
“It’s amazing to consider the impact we’ve had on the environment since transitioning to post-consumer processing in the early 2000s. Repurposing used clothing presents a lot of challenges and requires specialized expertise. I’m thankful for our dedicated staff that work closely with both the source of the waste as well as the end user of the fiber to develop solutions that meet the needs of both parties. I could not be prouder of what we have accomplished and look forward to what the future holds,” says John Ashford, plant manager of the Brownsville facility.
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