enabling circular economy with science

We have commissioned the following cutting-edge research and development to support our drive to make our economy more circular:

1) Life cycle assessment (LCA) of our business model to estimate the amount of waste, pollution and greenhouse gas emissions that we will help reduce over the coming years.

Funded mostly by a US$28,000-grant from Thailand’s Office of National Higher Education Science Research and Innovation Policy Council (NXPO) through the Programme Management Unit for Competitiveness (PMU-C), the LCA was carried out by Thailand’s Technology and Informatics Institute for Sustainability (TIIS) between May 2021 and February 2023 and is the first of its kind for the country’s mattress industry. See the results.

2) Polyurethane foam upcycling technology to maximise the economic value of polyurethane foams retrieved from used mattresses.

Supported by an £80,000-grant from the UK Royal Academy of Engineering through the Engineering X Transforming Systems through Partnership programme, the research has been conducted by the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in collaboration with the University of Cambridge and is expected to have reached TRL-4 in December 2023.

3) Water extraction technology for polyurethane foam upcycling process to extract and refine water, one of the byproducts of the upcycling process, for productive use.

Supported by an £80,000-grant from Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) funded by NXPO through PMU C, the research is an extension of our polyurethane foam upcycling technology development project (see above) and has been conducted by AIT in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. The project is expected to have reached TRL-4 in December 2023.