Our sister site, Keetsa, was featured in this article on green mattresses by the New York Times!
Here is part of what the article was about —
Keetsa, a San Francisco retailer that calls itself “the eco-friendly mattress store,” sells mattresses made from a material it enthusiastically promotes as “BioFoam,” 12 percent of the oil for which comes from castor beans. The other 88 percent, though, is still petroleum-based. Joe Alexander, the sales director of Keetsa, says the castor oil component represents a huge step forward and is a significant engineering feat. “It takes a lot of work and experimentation to be able to do that,” he said.
“Most people don’t think or realize that memory foam is made from petroleum,” Mr. Alexander added, referring to the high-density form of polyurethane foam that has been popular in recent years. “People need to start paying more attention to what they’re sleeping on. They need to stop going into stores and believing everything they tell them. They need to take personal responsibility for their personal health. Nobody is regulating it.”
Via New York Times
