How to Recycle Your Mattress this Global Recycling Day

An estimated seven million mattresses are thrown away every year in the UK, each taking between 80 to 120 years to decompose, meaning our mattress will likely outlive many of us. In addition, The National Bed Federation reported that only 14 per cent of mattresses are being properly recycled once they reach their end-of-life.

Committed to minimising its negative impact on the planet, Woolroom is passionate about finding sustainable and positive solutions to these issues through natural alternatives such as wool. We offer an ethical, planet friendly recycling service for your old mattress. This service can be added to any mattress delivery meaning our delivery partners will remove your old mattress at the same time making the switch quick and easy, better for you and the environment.

As the only completely natural, and renewable bedding fibre, wool takes six to 18 months to naturally decompose into nitrogen rich compost making it a healthy, sustainable, and versatile fibre, boasting biodegradable qualities without devastating impacts on natural resources. Woolroom bedding is also packaged in unbleached calico bags that contain no plastic, so they can even be reused as a shopping tote bag.

Unlike bed-in-a-box brands and other mattress fibres which contain plastic, springs, and other synthetic materials and petroleum-based chemicals, these all take hundreds of years to break down. At Woolroom, we are continuously working to reduce our impact on the planet through products and services that do right by the environment. Every step of the way, customers know that they are in contact with natural and sustainable materials, meaning they can sleep easy knowing their products won’t pollute the earth for years to come.