If you’ve ever heard “we need more collaboration in fashion,” you’re not alone. But what does that really mean, and how do we actually do it?

At Circular Sourcing, we hear from businesses every week looking for B2B textile recyclers, remanufacturers, or factories that can reuse offcuts or deadstock. Whether it’s a brand with leftover fabric rolls, a manufacturer with post-production waste, or a sustainability lead hunting for repair or take-back solutions, it seems like everyone is searching for partners to help them close the loop.

That’s why we’re putting the spotlight on something we believe is critical to making circular fashion actually work: Lifecycle Partners.

What are Lifecycle Partners?

Lifecycle Partners are the businesses and service providers that help you extend the life and value of a product. They are the key to implementing circular design strategies that go beyond theory and into real-world impact.

Think:

• Textile recyclers (Australia + globally)

• Garment repair and refurbishment providers

• Remanufacturing factories

• Offcut reuse and upcycling partners

• Resale and take-back logistics providers

• Disassembly and sorting services

Together, they form the backbone of a functioning circular economy supply chain, especially in B2B fashion and textiles, where scalable, commercial solutions are often missing.

Why Lifecycle Partners Matter for Circular Fashion

Designing for circularity is not just about using “better” materials. It’s about building systems that allow materials to flow, from production through multiple lives, cycles, and users.

To do this, brands and manufacturers must collaborate upfront with Lifecycle Partners. Why?

• You get real feedback on end-of-life scenarios
• You uncover cost-saving, low-impact alternatives
• You build a value chain, not just a supply chain

The future of sustainable textiles depends on this kind of connected thinking.

Introducing the R-Strategy Lifecycle Partner Directory

Circular Sourcing is building a public, B2B-specific directory of Lifecycle Partners—starting with Reuse, Repair, Restyle and Recycle.

👉 Explore or contribute to the directory here.

This global database is designed to help brands, mills and manufacturers find and work with vetted circular partners across the value chain.

If you’ve worked with someone great, or if you are a B2B solution provider in circular fashion, we’d love to include you.

Why now?

The push for digital product passports, EPR schemes, and zero-waste regulations means businesses need practical ways to embed circularity today, not in 2030.

Circular Sourcing is here to support that shift. From verified surplus textiles to a growing ecosystem of circular solution providers, we’re helping businesses move from intention to implementation.

FAQ

What is a Lifecycle Partner?
Coined by Refashioning in 2024, a Lifecycle Partner is any collaborator who helps extend the life of a product, through reuse, repair, recycling, or responsible disassembly.

Why focus on B2B?
While resale and rental platforms exist for individuals (think peer to peer solutions, or business to customer solutions), scalable, infrastructure-ready B2B solutions are harder to find. That’s what we’re looking for.

How do I get listed in the directory?
Submit your details here. We’re reviewing entries weekly and will continue to expand the database with credible circular solution providers.

Where does Circular Sourcing fit in?
We’re the bridge between surplus textiles and the businesses that want to use them. We’re also building tools (like this directory) to help scale circularity in supply chains.

Want to do more than talk about collaboration?

Let’s build the system together.

🔁 Contribute to the directory.
📬 Get updates from Circular Sourcing.
📞 Reach out to partner with us.