Building Scalable Textile Recovery Infrastructure

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SCE Sustainability Industries, LLC.  business model retro fits existing manufacturing plants such as the facility at 5891 Warren, strategically located in Detroit, a region with deep manufacturing heritage, established logistics networks, and access to industrial workforce talent.

The proposed facility consists of approximately 215,000 square feet, designed to support structured intake, dedicated processing lines, contamination control, fiber purification, and climate-controlled storage.,

The layout supports:

• Segmented intake zones
• Source-specific processing lines
• Mechanical shredding systems
• Chemical purification operations
• Dry room and storage
• Outbound distribution staging

This footprint is structured for phased expansion and multi-line scalability.

Rather than constructing from the ground up, SCE Textile Recycling utilizes a capital-efficient development strategy:

We identify underutilized industrial facilities and retrofit them into high-performance textile recovery plants.

This approach:

• Reduces upfront capital requirements
• Accelerates time-to-operation
• Leverages existing industrial zoning
• Supports urban revitalization
• Minimizes environmental construction impact

By repurposing existing plants, we align circular manufacturing with sustainable infrastructure development.

Each processing line within the facility is designed to operate independently, allowing for:

• Source-specific fiber control
• Contamination reduction below 3%
• Client-dedicated recovery streams (e.g., transportation,  

   government, hospitality)
• Incremental capacity expansion

At full utilization, each line is engineered to support up to 25,000 tons annually, forming the foundation of a repeatable multi-line model.

This modular architecture enables expansion within the facility and replication across additional sites.

The facility is designed to scale in phases:

Phase 1 – Intake & Single-Line Processing
Phase 2 – Multi-Line Expansion
Phase 3 – Advanced Automation & Throughput Optimization

Each phase increases processing capacity while maintaining contamination control standards and fiber purity targets.  This floor plan is based on the 5891 Warren facility. 

The 5891 Warren facility serves as the prototype model, a replicable unit designed for expansion into additional regions.  Our goal is not simply to operate a single plant.  It is to establish a scalable infrastructure framework capable of supporting national textile recovery at industrial scale.