RetourMatras

What RetourMatras does

RetourMatras is a Dutch for-profit company founded in 2008-2009 by Nanne Fioole that operates a vertically integrated mattress recycling and circular raw materials business across the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and France. The company collects end-of-life mattresses through three channels — municipal environmental stations (milieustraten), retailers and bed specialty stores, and dedicated mobile compaction containers — and processes them through a proprietary, in-house automated dismantling line designed and built with specialist suppliers. From each mattress, the system recovers four clean material streams (PU foam, latex, steel, and textiles) at a recycling rate exceeding 85% per unit, with a stated ambition approaching 100%.

The recovered materials are either resold as-is — steel to the metal industry, textiles to textile manufacturers — or further processed into higher-value circular products: Rebond bonded foam (under the brand Aslon Refoam, used as underlay for sports fields, playgrounds, and insulation) and RePoliol recycled polyol (produced by sister company CircuFoam and sold back to foam and mattress manufacturers to close the mattress-to-mattress loop). The group operates 6 facilities (Bodegraven HQ plus Lelystad, Alphen aan den Rijn, Zeeland-NB, Etten-Leur, and France under the RetourMat brand) and processes approximately 2 million mattresses annually (1.5 million in the Netherlands), preventing an estimated 152,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year relative to incineration.

Revenue is generated through three B2B streams: per-container and per-mattress recycling fees paid by municipalities and retailers, recurring monthly container rentals, and sales of recovered and manufactured circular raw materials to industrial buyers. The company maintains ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certifications, participates in EPR compliance via the Dutch MRN foundation and French Ecomaison scheme, and is led by Group CEO Mark Lewis alongside founder/director Nanne Fioole and Managing Director Chico van Hemert. Strategic investors since 2019 include Ingka Investments (IKEA ecosystem), Renewi, and IKANO Industry, which simultaneously serve as customers and supply-chain partners.

Name

RetourMatras

Legal name

RetourMatras

Website

https://retourmatras.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

RetourMatras is a Dutch circular-economy company that recycles end-of-life mattresses into RePoliol polyol and Rebond bonded foam, serving municipalities, retailers, and mattress manufacturers across the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, and France.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mattress Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393)

SIC

Plastics Foam Products (3086)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Materials Recovery (Carpet, Mattresses, Bulky Items) (EUAIADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Repair, Refurbishment & Remanufacturing Services (EUAIANAB), Refurbishment, Remanufacturing & Recommerce Enablement (TLAIAHAC)

Keywords

• Mattress recycling services
• Circular raw materials
• Polyurethane foam recovery
• Waste collection services
• Circular economy manufacturing

Headquarters

HQ city

Bodegraven

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Mattress Recycling Service - Municipal: Municipalities and milieustraten pay a fixed fee per container for the environmentally friendly processing of old mattresses. Containers are placed at environmental stations; when full, RetourMatras exchanges the container. The service is priced per container on a fixed-rate basis, supporting the municipality's Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) compliance.
2. Mattress Recycling Service - Retail: Retailers and bed specialty stores pay a fixed fee per mattress for the collection and recycling of returned or used mattresses. Minimum pickup is 10 mattresses; a container is placed for recurring collections. This provides retailers with a sustainable end-of-life solution for mattresses sold to consumers.
3. Container Rental: Monthly rental fee for placement of a RetourMatras collection container at customer premises (municipal or retail). Containers are provided as part of the service package for ongoing mattress collection.
4. Sale of Recycled Raw Materials: Sale of recovered materials from dismantled mattresses: Rebond foam (used for sports fields, playgrounds, insulation, underlay), RePoliol circular polyol (sold to foam/mattress manufacturers), steel (sold to metal industry), and textiles (sold to textile industry). These are the primary circular raw material products sold to manufacturers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

RetourMatras collects and recycles end-of-life mattresses through a proprietary automated dismantling process, recovering PU foam, latex, steel, and textile as clean material streams. The recovered materials are either sold directly to industry (steel, textiles) or further processed into RePoliol circular polyol (via CircuFoam) and Rebond bonded foam (under the Aslon Refoam brand) for resale to mattress manufacturers, sports facility builders, and insulation producers. The company also rents collection containers and Mobile Mattress Compaction Containers to municipalities and retailers.

Product overview

RetourMatras operates a fully circular mattress system across Europe, encompassing both recycling services and circular raw material production. At its core, the company collects and dismantles end-of-life mattresses through its proprietary RetourMatras method, recovering four base materials: PU foam, latex, metal, and textiles. These recovered materials are sold as circular raw materials — Metaal (steel) and Textiel (textile) — and further processed into two manufactured products: Rebond Foam (bonded foam for sports fields, playgrounds, and underlay) and RePoliol (circular polyol sold to mattress manufacturers for new foam production, produced in partnership with CircuFoam). The company also offers logistical services including mattress collection from municipalities and retailers, and a Mobile Mattress Compaction Container for efficient on-site compaction.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rebond: Rebond foam products - sustainable underlay for sports fields, playgrounds, and underlays made from recycled mattress materials
• RePoliol
• RePolyol

Products and services

• Mattress Recycling Service End-to-end collection and recycling service for end-of-life mattresses, dismantling each unit into clean streams of PU foam, latex, steel, and textile. Designed for municipalities (EPR compliance), retailers and bed specialty stores (take-back), and industrial clients.
• Mobile Mattress Compaction Container A mobile compaction container with built-in pressing technology that compacts collected mattresses up to five times more than a standard container, reducing transport frequency and increasing collection efficiency at municipal waste sites and retail collection points.
• RePoliol (Recycled Polyol) A high-quality circular polyol produced by CircuFoam (within the RetourMatras Group) from end-of-life mattresses collected in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Sold to foam and mattress manufacturers as a recycled-content replacement for virgin polyol in new foam production.
• Rebond Foam (Aslon Refoam) Bonded polyurethane foam produced from shredded PU foam recovered from recycled mattresses, supplied in rolls and plates as insulation material and underlay for sports floors, artificial turf, playgrounds, and play equipment. Marketed under the brand Aslon Refoam.
• Recovered Steel (Metaal) Metal (pocket springs and other metal components) recovered from dismantled mattresses, shredded at the Etten-Leur facility and sold to the metal industry for reuse in new steel products.
• Recovered Textile (Textiel) Textile ticking and fabric removed from mattresses is baled and supplied to the textile industry for production of recycled textile products.
• Circular Mattress Disassembly Line Disassembly technology and dedicated production line at the Lelystad location for dismantling circular mattresses (mattresses designed for end-of-life from the start) at scale, enabling high-quality recovery of materials for reuse in new mattress production.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 152,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions prevented per year compared to incineration (equivalent to ~1 million Amsterdam-Paris flights)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• Koninklijke AupingflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 7 October 2025On October 7, 2025, Auping officially transferred its innovative circular mattress disassembly technology to RetourMatras Group. The Lelystad location became the world's first operational facility for high-quality large-scale dismantling of circular mattresses. Auping was one of the first customers to believe in RetourMatras's vision during the pioneering years of mattress recycling. This collaboration demonstrates how knowledge sharing within the industry can drive real change.
• CircuFoamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCircuFoam is a sister company within the RetourMatras Group that produces circular polyol (RePoliol) and Rebond bonded foam from post-consumer mattresses. CircuFoam operates a laboratory in Lelystad where chemist Michal Ciolkowski tests every batch of RePoliol for viscosity, hydroxyl value, and acid number before release. Website: circufoam.com
• EuropurminorOthersEuropean polyurethane association through which RetourMatras actively contributes to European policy and innovation. Participates in working groups related to mattress recycling and circular economy legislation.
• FEADminorOthersEuropean waste management association through which RetourMatras Group actively contributes to European policy and innovation related to circular mattress standards. FEAD visited RetourMatras Group in April 2025 for the Sleep Circular project.
• MRN (Mattress Recycling Netherlands)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMRN is the Dutch foundation that administers the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for mattresses in the Netherlands since 2021. Producers pay a fixed fee that finances nationwide collection and recycling through MRN partner organizations including RetourMatras.
• EcomaisonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFrench EPR scheme operator for the furniture sector (including mattresses) that RetourMatras works with for French mattress collection and recycling operations under the RetourMat brand.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Recticel: Belgian polyurethane foam and bedding manufacturer with explicit circular-economy and recycled-content initiatives. Comparable as a downstream buyer/producer of RePoliol-style inputs and as a foam manufacturer exposed to the same ESPR-driven recycled-content mandates.
• Stena Recycling: Nordic-based recycling group with materials recovery operations across Northern Europe, including metals and complex product streams. Comparable in operating capital-intensive MRF assets and supplying recovered raw materials back to industrial customers.
• Suez: Global water and waste management company with significant MRF operations across Europe. Comparable as a large incumbent that operates materials recovery facilities and competes for EPR / municipal contracts that fund mattress collection and processing.
• Veolia: Global environmental services operator with extensive materials recovery and waste management capabilities across Europe. Comparable as a large-scale incumbent that could plausibly enter mattress recycling under EPR/ESPR frameworks, and as a broader competitor for municipal collection contracts.
• Renewi: European waste-to-product company and one of RetourMatras's strategic investors since 2019. Operates material recovery facilities across the Benelux and broader Europe, with overlapping capabilities in recycling and secondary raw material sales — directly comparable in the mattress/MRF niche while operating a far broader portfolio.
• Carpenter Co. Global leader in comfort and polyurethane foam products across bedding, furniture, and automotive. Comparable as a large foam producer serving the same mattress OEMs that are emerging as customers for recycled polyol, and as a potential vertical entrant into circular inputs.

Others

• Sims Limited: Global metal recycling company that would be a downstream buyer of mattress pocket-spring steel on the output side. Comparable as an end-of-life materials recovery operator and a representative of the broader secondary-materials ecosystem that supports circular mattress economics.
• Knauf Insulation: Global manufacturer of insulation and building materials including recycled-content solutions. Comparable as an adjacent downstream buyer of rebond-style bonded foam and a parallel entrant in circular building products that competes for the same ESG-driven construction procurement budgets.

Emerging players

• Vita Group: UK-headquartered flexible polyurethane foam manufacturer with growing interest in circular and bio-based foams. Comparable as a downstream foam manufacturer that could either adopt RePoliol or develop competing recycled-polyol inputs for the same ESPR-driven customer base.
• Eurofoam Group: Austrian polyurethane foam producer with established circular-economy product lines. Comparable as a downstream foam producer that competes for the same OEM customers and is also pursuing recycled-content solutions for ESPR compliance.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles15 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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