Myco Renew® develops fungi-powered textile waste solutions to help address one of fashion’s most hidden environmental problems.
Around 92 million tons of textile waste are generated annually — roughly a garbage truck of clothes every second — yet only about 12–15 % of this material is recycled. Synthetic fibres like polyester can linger in landfills for centuries, shedding microplastics and toxic dyes into soil and water.
Myco Renew delivers Recycling as a Service (RaaS) using fungi consortia that break down textiles in weeks, not centuries:
A scalable alternative to landfill and incineration — tailored for cities and textile manufacturers.
A growing chain of cities donating garments to support research, education, and fungi-powered solutions for textile waste.
AMBITION
Cities building
toward this goal
traction
Polish cities
have already joined
We’ve discovered specialized consortia of filamentous fungi that can:
After biodegradation, we transform the by-products into:
Our technology has reached Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 4 following the construction of our first test bioreactor. In the “T-shirt” pilot, mayors from 6 cities provided real polyester sportswear for testing — and our scientific team, led by Prof. Katarzyna Turnau, identified fungi consortia capable of degrading even polyester. This was genuine R&D, not PR.
World-Class Team
Across Europe, textile waste is becoming harder to ignore. With separate collection now required and pressure growing around how textiles are managed, cities need new ways to support awareness, innovation, and future-ready responses. Myco Renew® invites municipalities to join The Fungi Wardrobe Relay and help make the hidden visible. The EU requires separate collection of textiles from 1 January 2025, and the revised Waste Framework Directive now obliges member states to create textile EPR systems within 30 months of its entry into force.
