NexTiles

NexTiles is a Detroit-based textile recycling company. Learn more at www.nextiles.org!

05/19/2026

Congratulations to our founder, Dr. Madeline Walker Miller, and all of the incredible honorees recognized in DBusiness Magazine’s 30 in Their Thirties this year! 💼 We’re proud to celebrate this amazing achievement and all the impact she continues to make! 👏

03/31/2026

🚧 Big things are in motion at NexTiles 🚧

Our new Detroit processing facility is officially under construction ♻️✨

We’re still fully operational, but pausing tours + demos as we transform the space and build what’s next.

Behind the scenes, we’re creating a hub for recycling, design, and community—and we can’t wait to welcome you in.

Stay tuned… the next chapter is being built, one stitch at a time.

02/19/2026

This Black History Month, we're honoring Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907) who rose from enslavement to become a prominent dressmaker in Washington, D.C., best known for designing gowns for First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln. A skilled designer with a thriving business, she also founded the Contraband Relief Organization in 1862 to support newly freed Black Americans during the Civil War. In 1868, she published her autobiography Behind the Scenes, documenting her life in slavery and her years in the White House, cementing her legacy as a designer, activist, and author.

Source: FIT History

02/04/2026

Congratulations to our Founder, Dr. Madeline Walker Miller, on her appointment to the Board of Directors of (Industrial Sewing and Innovation Center).

We’re excited for Madeline to lend her vision and expertise to an organization deeply committed to advancing people-centered innovation, sustainable manufacturing, and the future of the textile and apparel industry! 🎉

02/02/2026

This January, our founder, Dr. Madeline Walker Miller, joined Donna Givens Davidson, President & CEO of Eastside Community Network, and Karina Yang, a University of Michigan undergraduate in the Program in the Environment (PitE), for a thoughtful intergenerational conversation on Perspectives on Environmental Justice & Resilience, held in honor of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Hosted by the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and guided by moderator Nayomi Cawthorne, MS/MPH candidate, the program offered a refreshing moment in today’s climate. Each generation showed up with openness, mutual respect, and a willingness to give the other its flowers, honoring lived experience and emerging vision alike as essential to environmental justice and resilience. 🌱✨

01/27/2026

We’re excited to share the NexTiles 2025 Impact Report 💚

Thanks to our 25 industry partners and hundreds of customers, we diverted 850,000+ lbs of textiles from landfills and gave them new life in 2025 alone.

We’re proud of what we’ve accomplished together and even more excited to see our impact grow in 2026.

Making sustainability a New Year’s resolution? Explore our storefront to source reclaimed textile materials with impact.

12/27/2025

Earlier this month, NexTiles founder Dr. Madeline Walker Miller was honored to participate as a panelist at the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum’s membership meeting, hosted by the Detroit / Wayne County Port Authority at Port Detroit.

Moderated by Nina Ignaczak, founder of Planet Detroit, the session explored how Michigan companies are balancing decarbonization goals amid uncertainty in markets, funding, and policy, and where momentum continues to grow.

Panelists included:
• Eric Lee, PE — NextEnergy
• Dr. Madeline Miller — NexTiles
• Vickie Lewis — VMX International
• Mark Schrupp — Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority

Thank you to the Michigan Sustainable Business Forum team for convening this conversation, and to Port Detroit for hosting!

12/08/2025

Last week, our CEO Madeline Miller was invited to a dynamic panel discussion hosted by x alongside fellow Michigan entrepreneurs 🎤
The panel centered around business ownership and the challenges and wins that social impact businesses face. It was an amazing evening connecting with students passionate about social impact and consulting, sharing NexTiles’ mission of transforming textile waste into products that re-enter the circular economy ♻️💚
Thank you to Net Impact and Propel for running the event, and for hosting!

12/04/2025

Last month, our founder Madeline joined Urban Alliance Detroit’s 2nd Annual Young Black Leaders Panel. The event spotlighted Detroit’s emerging trailblazers, and Madeline shared her journey, lessons, and insights with the incredible interns shaping the future of their industries. We’re proud to be part of conversations that uplift young Black leaders and celebrate Detroit excellence!

12/02/2025

NexTiles is excited to be a vendor at Slow Stitch Detroit’s Holiday Market on Saturday, December 6th from 12-5pm! 🎄✨

Come shop our leather pieces and see why we sold out at our last event. 👀

(Note: We’ll be at the market Saturday the 6th only.)

Address

701 Tappan Ave
Ann Arbor, MI

Website

http://Www.nextiles.org/

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