At Zhik, performance has always meant more than speed on the water. It means responsibility to the waters we all share. reZHIKle is Zhik's wetsuit take-back and recycling program, a direct response to a simple fact: over a million wetsuits go to waste every year.
Drop your old wetsuit at a Certified reZHIKle Partner store and it stays out of landfill. Instead it gets a new life, reprocessed into new material and made into new products. The new material Circular Flow create can be recycled and reused multiple times over.
This is part of a broader sustainability commitment at Zhik, alongside Yulex natural rubber in our X Range wetsuits, Repreve® recycled insulation, recycled polyester in the UVActive range, BIONIC-FINISH® ECO PFAS-free Durable Water Repellency treatment, and recyclable product packaging.
Across Europe, reZHIKle is powered by Circular Flow, specialists in mechanical neoprene recycling. They reprocess end-of-life wetsuits into Renoprene®, a usable material made into new products and returned to market. Not landfilled. Not incinerated.
From old wetsuit to new product
At end of life, neoprene usually goes to landfill or incineration. reZHIKle closes the loop instead, in three steps.
Drop it off
Bring your old wetsuit, any brand, to the reZHIKle collection point in your nearest partner store. Clean and dry, and it is free.
We send it on
Your suit joins the rest of the store's collection, and we send it on to our recycling partner, Circular Flow.
It becomes something new
Circular Flow turn that neoprene into material used in new products. Every batch is tracked and traceable, and none of it becomes landfill-bound filler.
Then the cycle begins again.
Neoprene doesn't go away.
It goes to landfill.
Neoprene is non-biodegradable. Buried, it persists for centuries. Burned, it releases chloroprene, a known carcinogen, along with dioxins and hydrochloric acid. Either way, the ocean pays the price.
Persists for centuries. Leachate contaminates soil and groundwater with heavy metals and additives.
Releases chloroprene, dioxins, furans and hydrochloric acid. CO₂ and N₂O contribute to climate change.
Fragments into microplastics that enter the marine food chain, affecting wildlife and human health.
Figures: Circular Flow, "The Why" (circularflow.net), verified June 2026.
Look for the reZHIKle collection box at your partner store
Every Certified reZHIKle Partner has a branded collection box in store. Clean and dry your old wetsuit, drop it in, and the loop begins.
Find your nearest reZHIKle Partner
Certified reZHIKle Partners are now listed on our dealer locator. Open it, switch on the reZHIKle filter, and it will show you every participating store near you.
reZHIKle FAQ
Does it have to be a Zhik wetsuit?
No. The Europe reZHIKle program accepts any brand of wetsuit, in any quantity. We just ask that it is clean and dry before drop-off.
What does it cost me to recycle?
Nothing. Dropping your old wetsuit at a partner store is free.
Who is Circular Flow?
Circular Flow is Zhik's neoprene recycling partner for Europe. They use mechanical recycling to reprocess end-of-life neoprene into a new usable material called Renoprene®, at their solar-powered facility. That material can be recycled and reused multiple times over.
How is my wetsuit recycled?
It is collected from the partner store and sent to Circular Flow, where it is mechanically reprocessed into new neoprene material, made into new products and returned to market. Every product can be returned and recycled again at end of life.
Where can I drop off my old wetsuit?
At Certified reZHIKle Partner stores across Europe and the UK. Open our dealer locator and switch on the reZHIKle filter to see the participating stores near you.
Don't bin it. reZHIKle it.
Give your old wetsuit a new life with reZHIKle and Circular Flow.
