The future of textile recycling is here.
Poly-cotton textile waste
High-quality, purified outputs
from mixed textile waste.
100% pure polyester monomer
100% pure cotton
We enable infinite textile-to-textile recycling, using enzymes.
Just add water, salt, and enzyme.
Our enzymes gently separate out synthetic fibers, leaving natural fibers behind virtually untouched.
We go to where the waste is.
Our process is simple enough to co-locate with textile manufacturers and waste aggregators.
Iteratively powerful. Sustainable and economical.
1:1
Cost parity with virgin materials at scale
10x
Less CapEx cost compared to chemical recycling
2.1 tCO2
Emissions offset per ton textile waste recycled
5x
Increased enzyme efficiency every 3 months
>95%
Separation efficiency of polyester from cotton
<10%
Reduction in cotton fiber length after processing
We prioritize not only strong sustainability metrics
but also hyper-scalable process economics.
Our proprietary enzyme engineering platform unlocks unprecedented economies of scale.
The faster our enzyme, the lower our process cost,
just like a flywheel.
Simple yet versatile.
Our process tolerates elastane, dyes, and most other contaminating materials.
Where other recycling processes fail,
Huminly achieves best-in-class performance.
Nikita Khlystov, Ph.D.
Founder and CEO
Ian Xu
Process Engineer
Ross Ransom, Ph.D.
Lead Process Engineer
Alamine Sallah
Mechanical Engineer
Neil Bell
frmr. Director of Sustainability
Levi's
Randy Harward
frmr. VP
Patagonia, Under Armour
Sean Hunt
Co-founder and CTO
Solugen
Passion + Discipline
= Impact.
Our company's values:
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We are principled: we build what our customers need, not what looks good
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We relentlessly ask why: we do not let challenges become obstacles and we question the way things are usually done
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Momento mori: we iterate fast as time is our most valuable asset
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We make work intense yet fulfilling: we seek immense personal growth together as a team and actively look out for one another
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We stay humble: startups are hard, and we don’t make it harder with ego and excuses
We are recruiting the uncommon among uncommon engineers.
View our available positions here.
Ready to partner with us?
We cut through red tape and
move straight to actionable results.
Onboarding is straightforward and fast:
Week 0
Consultation
We schedule a 30-minute call to learn about your company's needs
Week 1
Qualification
Our team receives material from you and runs a recycling trial to assess performance
Week 4
Optimization
We run our engineering platform to fine-tune our recycling process to your needs
Week 12
Co-location
We work with your team to bring our process to your facilities for operation
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