In research sponsored by the Mattress Recycling Council, Edge Global Innovation has developed a process to transform polyurethane mattress foam into polymer pellets that can be used to produce a wide variety of molded products, including shoe soles, cellphone cases or rubber gaskets for various industrial uses. 

 According to a news release, Clearwater, Florida-based EGI used earlier MRC research to develop a process and machinery to reduce the volume of the foam by 90 percent. The process does not use catalysts or solvents, which minimizes the environmental impacts of the technology. The end product is a thin, flexible sheet of synthetic rubber. 

Source: Utech-polyurethane