Jump In My (Green) Bed
by Cristina Foung
My favorite green product of the week: Keetsa eco-friendly mattresses
What is it?
Keetsa mattresses are made with 100% recycled steel coils, scrap memory foam bits, and a variety of sustainable materials like bamboo fabrics and unbleached natural cotton. Keetsa offers six different types of mattresses.
Why is it better?
Most people sleep on mattresses. Most people spend one-third of their lives in bed. But most people don’t know that conventional mattresses are covered in flame-retardants, petroleum-based pesticides, and other harsh chemicals. Well, not Keetsa mattresses. Not to mention, all those recycled materials I listed before? A lot of them can be recycled if you jump up and down a few too many times and need a new one.
One of my favorite things about the Keetsa mattress is that they can be compressed and rolled into box – that means that while 140 conventional mattresses can fit on one truck, 540 Keetsa mattresses can fit in the same space. The carbon footprint is much smaller from factory door to your bedroom door. (And the mattress boxes have wheels so you can take it home yourself.)
Last but not least, they’re comfortable. I got to take two different mattresses for “test drives” at the San Francisco Green Festival. And I personally own the Keetsa Plus and I think it’s incredibly comfortable (and my friends agree).
Where can you find it?
The Keetsa showrooms are located in San Francisco and Fairfield, CA. You can buy mattresses there, a variety of mattress showrooms, or order them online at the company website. Queen sized mattresses range in price from $549.99 to $1649.99.
Besides her green products column on Cleantech Blog, Cristina is a passionate advocate for green living at the Green Home Huddle at Huddler.com, which focuses on electric cars, energy efficient appliances, and other green products.
Green energy is definitely the best solution in most cases. Technology like solar energy, wind power, fuel cells, zaps electric vehicles, EV hybrids, etc have come so far recently. Green energy even costs way less than oil and gas in many cases.
Nice post. You might be interested to know that specialty sleep store, Rocky Mountain Mattress, has just launched a brand new line of green mattress products including a lot of nice natural latex pieces.
hey, this is a great idea. i live in Ireland where there is no option to recycle old mattresses. however, i wonder would recycled memory foam scraps be as effective as new ones? i haven't a clue so was just wondering!
It was rather interesting for me to read that post. Thanks the author for it. I like such themes and everything connected to them. I would like to read more on that blog soon.Best wishes
Thank you. I love my Keetsa! They rock!
Pamila Paynes
gotta get a Keetsa product too!.. I may also get green I guess…
Hi there, I know about Keetsa mattresses. This mattresses is totally Eco-friendly and effective to use. I recommending to everyone for using it. Thanks for your nice allocation.