Ambercycle

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Transforming millions of tons of waste apparel to raw material for textile production

Akshay Sethi

CEO at Ambercycle

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ambercycle.com

Employees 6–20

Headquarters Los Angeles, California, United States

Ambercycle is a science R&D company that is making climate positive plastics. Our technology produces virgin-grade polymers from textile waste. This polymer is converted into yarn, and this yarn is made into apparel, eliminating the need for new fossil-based materials.

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March 13, 2019

Meet the Fixers: We have 50 reasons to feel good about the future

In 2015, Shay Sethi founded Ambercycle as a way to recycle plastic bottles. Then he realized that polyester fabrics in mass-market clothing were actually a bigger source of plastic pollution, since...

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January 5, 2022

Ambercycle raises $21.6 million to build circularity ecosystem

The materials science company dedicated to ending waste in the fashion industry described the funding round as “oversubscribed” after receiving financing from H&M Co:Lab, Kirkbi, Bestseller’s...

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November 16, 2021

H&M’s Eco-Friendly Holiday Collection May Surprise You

“It’s not necessarily what you think of when you think of sustainable materials,” Abigail Kammerzell, H&M’s Sustainability Manager, told Vogue. “These collections are really a celebration of...

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