Spanish recycled cotton producer Recover launched RecoverOne on Thursday, a range of recycled cotton-polyester blends that arrives at the spinner already coloured — removing the overdyeing step that adds time, cost and environmental load to textile production.

The range combines cotton recovered from textile waste with dope-dyed recycled polyester. Recover matches the original colours of its cotton waste feedstocks against coloured recycled polyester, then blends the fibres before spinning. Spinners receive material in its intended shade, with the cotton-polyester ratio tailored to specific applications: single jersey, French terry and fleece.

The range ships in solid, heather and mélange options. Recover says cutting out overdyeing reduces processing time, environmental impacts and material costs for manufacturers.

"With RecoverOne, we are making it easier for brands and manufacturers to use recycled materials at scale," said Enes Adak, Recover's co-CEO and chief product officer. "By combining our recycled cotton with recycled polyester, we deliver a consistent blend that simplifies production and helps reduce costs. This brings sustainability and business value together."

Why blending matters at the fibre tier

Blending sits at the core of Recover's approach to mechanical recycling. The process shortens cotton fibres, so Recover recommends combining them with carrier fibres to preserve the quality and performance of finished textiles. RecoverOne extends a strategy already visible in the company's earlier RColorBlend range, which included RBlue — a coloured blend of 52 percent recycled cotton and 48 percent recycled polyester, according to a February 2023 company post.

What do the environmental claims rest on?

For the recycled cotton component, Recover cites life-cycle assessments showing up to 99.9 percent lower water consumption and up to 93 percent lower carbon emissions compared with conventional cotton fibre. EcoReview verified the assessments in 2022 and 2025, covering production in Spain and Bangladesh respectively.

Buyers should note the scope. Recover's published methodology measures impacts at the fibre-production stage only, and the company calculates savings per kilogram of recycled cotton. A finished product's contribution to those savings depends on how much recycled fibre it actually contains — a question worth putting to suppliers when auditing marketing claims against the underlying data.

Capacity and route to market

The launch lands as Recover builds out new purchasing channels for brands and manufacturers. In a September summary of its 2025 sustainability report, the company disclosed:

• Five production hubs
• Total annual capacity of 84,300 metric tons
• A network of more than 140 spinning partners

RecoverOne is available in two forms: as a blend ready for spinning, or as fabric supplied through the company's manufacturing partners. That dual route gives mills the choice between integrating the fibre into their own spinning programmes or buying finished fabric with the recycled content already engineered in.

The sourcing decision

For sourcing teams, RecoverOne poses a practical trade-off. Adopting pre-coloured blends cuts a wet-processing step from the production chain and locks in verified fibre-stage savings, but it constrains colour development to the shades Recover can match from its waste feedstocks and dope-dyed polyester palette. Buyers weighing the switch should test colour consistency across lots and confirm the recycled content percentage per blend before committing volume.