Providing future textile resources. From African markets,
back into the loop.

Sub-Saharan Africa generates
5.8 million tonnes of textile waste a year.
Only a fraction of it re-enters the loop.

5.8m

Tonnes of textile waste generated across Sub-Saharan Africa yearly (UNEP, 2024)

198k

Tonnes of second-hand clothing imported into Kenya in 2023 alone (EfD Initiative, 2025)

~11%

CAGR volume growth from 2023–2025, Kenya projections by APONEH, Nairobi

Three pilot markets,
one programme.

Partnering with local entrepreneurs in Togo, Kenya, and Benin builds the ground-level infrastructure needed to orchestrate local textile waste collection and recycling solutions. This programme leads to local job creation and supports waste management systems.

The Togo Takeback Scheme operates out of Lomé in partnership with Sunfu International SARL, under a signed Sale & Purchase Agreement. It is the programme's most mature pilot: collection, sorting, cutting, and baling infrastructure is installed and operational, with cut machines and a strapper in place. Since January 2026, Togo has collected 139,985 kg, processed 108,682 kg, and shipped 54,000 kg of textile wipers to offtaker MTS in Maassluis, NL.

Cutting Machine 125mm
Handheld Straps

The Kenya Takeback Scheme is run with Africa Collect Textiles Foundation, collecting feedstock from collection points in Nairobi and Gikomba Market. Processing equipment has been finalised and orders in transit, but shipping has not yet started. First containers are targeted for Q3, 2026. Since January 2026, Kenya has collected >16,000 kg and processed >5,000 kg. A key open item in Kenya is the higher feedstock collection price in Nairobi relative to Togo, which is shaping ongoing discussions on the incentive structure.

Bale Press Strautmann PP 1207
Cutting Machine 125mm
Forklift STILL RX20-18
Handheld Straps

The Benin Takeback Scheme has progressed from early infrastructure setup: the Sale & Purchase Agreement has now been signed, and equipment has been ordered. No collection or processing volumes have been recorded yet, as operations are still being stood up. Preliminary data on Benin will be reflected in the 2nd report.

Bale Press Strautmann PP 1207
Cutting Machine 125mm
Forklift STILL RX20-18
Textile Bins
Handheld Straps
Industrial Scale
Cutting Tables
Computer

The Operation On The Ground.

Every Takeback site is equipped approximately the same way. Looper Textile Co. provides the equipment to the local partner on postponed payment terms and orchestrates offtake.

Baler

Compacts sorted textiles into 350+ kg bales for export.

Forklift

Handles bales and containers on site.

10x

Cutting machines

400 to 500 kg cut per person per day.

€0,10

Per kg

Incentive paid to local suppliers
per kilogram produced.

Mr. James Ojbujah

Rue 23 HDN, Lomé, Togo

Collection Market; Asiyeye Market, Lome, Togo

Every Takeback site runs on a local partner: an entrepreneur on the ground who collects from the market, sorts, cuts, bales and ships. Looper Textile Co. provides equipment, expertise, and offtake. This is the human centre of the model.

BeforeTakeback,unsoldtextilesfromourmarketshadnowheretogo.Theypiledup,theypolluted,theybecameourcommunity'sproblem.Nowapercentageofthesamematerialisbeingcollected,sorted,andgivenanewpurpose,creatingeconomicvalueandrealopportunitiesforlocalpeople.

Role

Collection & sorting

Financing

Postponed equipment payment

Output

Sorted, cut, baled wipers

Offtake

MTS Euro Products

From local market to European recyclers.

The full chain. The main spine runs from local market to European recyclers. Discarded textiles that cannot be reused are processed into textile wipers. The cut wastes are responsibly disposed of.

Market collection
Sort
Cut
Bale
Port of Rotterdam
European recycler

Market collection
Sort
Cut
Bale
Port of Rotterdam
European recycler

What the pilot has collected so far.

155.985 kg

Kilograms collected from local markets.

€ 0.40

Cents per kilo — collection price paid within local markets.

54.000 kg

Kilograms shipped to European recyclers.

The buyers at the other end.

Feedstock, not waste. Looper Textile Co. and Boer Group broker relationships for European offtake. The textile wipers are used in the European industrial market mainly. With robust end-of-life waste management within the European system.