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Green Chemistry

Mitsui will test polyurethane mattress recycling

by Michael McCoy
September 9, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 30

 

A stack of discarded matresses.
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Mattresses are a bulky form of waste and have been challenging to recycle.

Mitsui Chemicals will work with two other Japanese firms, Paramount Bed and Rever, on a process to chemically recycle polyurethane in old mattresses, a notoriously bulky source of waste. Their project has been chosen by Japan’s Ministry of the Environment for funding. Mitsui says most polyurethane used in bedding is incinerated. The polyurethane chemical firms BASF and Covestro are involved in similar mattress recycling projects in Europe.

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