Tatton Consulting supported KAPDAA in its successful application to Innovate UK Smart Grants, awarded £1,230,496 by Innovate UK for the project Re Fibres – Using advanced deep learning, computer vision models, multispectral sensors and automated robotics to develop an end-to-end UK recycling framework for textile waste.
About the funded R&D project
Sorting textile waste by fibre is the step that determines whether recycling is possible at all, and it is currently done by hand or not at all. Re Fibres combines deep learning, computer vision and multispectral sensing, which reads fibre composition optically rather than by label, with automated robotics to handle the material. The output is an end-to-end recycling framework rather than a sorting machine, which is the distinction that makes it usable by the industry.
Award details
- Total project grant: £1,230,496
- Competition: Innovate UK Smart Grants
- Year: 2023/24
- Project: Re Fibres – Using advanced deep learning, computer vision models, multispectral sensors and automated robotics to develop an end-to-end UK recycling framework for textile waste
- Sector: Textile recycling / machine learning
- Independent verification: Innovate UK funded projects transparency dataset (UKRI), published 10 August 2026
See all the awards Tatton Consulting has supported on our grant successes page.
