Plastic, rewritten by enzymes.

Pre-seed · Concept stage

Exploring enzymatic recycling for polyester textiles.

Enzalebio is a pre-seed venture at the concept stage. We have not yet built or validated a recycling process or produced materials or garments. Our ambition is to investigate how enzymatic recycling could support new uses for polyester waste. We are seeking conversations with scientists, textile businesses, recycling partners, and early-stage investors to help define a focused validation programme.

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Vision

Fashion without fossil guilt.

Our research question: could enzymes help turn polyester textile waste back into usable material? We do not know yet.

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Process

From waste stream to wardrobe.

Our proposed route: three steps, one closed loop, powered by enzymes. Not yet validated.

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Impact

What we would need to prove.

Enzalebio-specific impact has not been demonstrated. Here is what we intend to measure and what remains unknown.

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Stories

Field notes from the field.

Real industry milestones, and what they mean for our proposed approach.

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Measurement

What we intend to measure, and what we don't know.

We have no measurements of our own yet. If we move to laboratory validation with partners, these are the questions it would need to answer, with independent assessment where it matters.

Intend to measure
  • Conversion yield from real, mixed polyester textile waste
  • Purity of recovered monomers against a defined specification
  • Energy, water and chemical inputs per kg processed
  • Lifecycle impacts compared with relevant alternatives
Still unknown
  • Which waste streams, blends and dyes a process could tolerate
  • Whether recovered material could meet fibre specifications
  • Whether environmental performance would be better or worse than alternatives
  • Whether any of this is economically viable at scale
Contact

We are seeking conversations with scientists, textile businesses, recycling partners, and early-stage investors to help define a focused validation programme. If that's you, drop us a line.

hello@enzalebio.com