Spring Back Recycling

We are a self-sustaining nonprofit that combines environmental responsibility with social impact. By recycling mattresses and diverting millions of pounds of waste from landfills, we create paid, skill-building jobs for men overcoming homelessness, addiction, and mental health challenges—at no cost to taxpayers. Learn more about mattress recycling locally and nationally.

The story behind the formation of Spring Back Recycling

Spring Back Recycling employs disenfranchised men through a waste diversion business model that is both sustainable and profitable. In April 2012, the company was formed as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Spring Back Recycling was a Belmont University Enactus team project that investigated mattress recycling as a means of achieving a triple bottom line by serving people, renewing the planet, and earning a profit in the long run.

After a year of research, financial modeling, and experimentation, the Enactus team partnered with Belmont Church and their Isaiah 58 ministry to enact its model. The Nashville pilot was a huge success because it provided holistic service to its employees and completely recycled thousands of mattresses. Spring Back Recycling is now expanding to other communities across the United States to multiply its impact as the first and only social enterprise that completely recycles mattresses.

Our Mission

Spring Back Recycling’s goal is to meet the needs of various hospitals, jails, hotels, furniture stores, mattress manufacturers, and other organizations that want to have their mattresses properly recycled rather than dumped into our landfills. We believe that this is critical to achieving a sustainable environment and preserving the landscape for future generations.

Spring Back Recycling’s prime focus is towards mental health patients, disabled men, and individuals addicted to abusive substances. Our team hopes to assist such people in combating social injustice and creating transitional employment opportunities. We offer pick-up services in most areas at minimal fees.