RECENT PRESS COVERAGE
RECOOL’s recycled textile pothole repair material is making headlines. Our trial with Maidstone Borough Council uses waste clothing and fast fashion throwaways to repair potholes at two Kent parks, and it has been featured by BBC News, New Civil Engineer and the Local Government Association.
The UK produces an estimated 1.4 million tonnes of textile waste every year. RECOOL turns that waste into a sustainable, lower-carbon alternative to traditional road resurfacing materials, reducing reliance on virgin plastics while giving councils a circular-economy solution to one of their most persistent problems.
RECENT ARTICLES
6th October 2026
Local Government Association
Maidstone Borough Council: From rags to resurfacing...Maidstone Borough Council has partnered with sustainable materials company RECOOL to trial an innovative pothole repair material made from recycled textile waste... MORE
5th October 2026
FashionUnited.com
Everything that happened during the UK’s Sustainable Fashion Week 2026: The week also provided a platform for campaigns seeking to connect fashion sustainability with wider environmental and social issues. One campaign from A Single Thread called for greater scrutiny of the materials used in school uniforms, highlighting concerns around polyester, microplastics and potentially hazardous chemicals. The campaign has requested for the UK Government to restrict hazardous substances such as PFAS in school uniforms and encourage retailers to move away from plastic-based synthetic fibres.
Elsewhere, sustainability initiatives looked beyond clothing itself to explore new uses for textile waste. In Kent, Maidstone Borough Council began testing whether discarded textiles could be repurposed as material for pothole repairs through a trial with sustainable materials company RECOOL.....MORE
25th September 2026
New Civil Engineer
Recycled clothing mix used to repair park potholes in Kent...Maidstone Borough Council has begun a small-scale trial using a pothole repair material made partly from recycled clothing at two of its parks as it seeks lower-carbon alternatives to traditional resurfacing methods. MORE
24th September 2026
BBC News
Recycled clothes used to tackle potholes...Old clothes are being used to repair potholes as part of a new trial. Run by Maidstone Borough Council and sustainable materials company RECOOL... MORE
24th September 2026
Maidstone Borough Council
From rags to resurfacing...Innovative trial uses fast fashion throwaways to plug potholes...MORE