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The Importance of Mattress Recycling: How it Can Address Homelessness and Solid Waste Landfills in Middle Tennessee
Homelessness and solid waste landfills are two of the biggest challenges that our society faces in middle Tennessee. But did you know that these two problems can be addressed by just one solution? By recycling mattresses, we can prevent millions of pounds of waste...
Spring Back Recycling: Changing Lives and Improving the Environment, One Mattress at a Time
Homelessness and solid waste landfills are among the biggest challenges in Middle Tennessee and across the country. It's disturbing to know that homelessness is a felony in Tennessee, and it costs more than $30,000 a year to house an inmate for just a year....
Spring Back featured in Inaugural Nashville Nonprofit Review
Spring Back Recycling is featured in the first-ever issue of the Nashville Nonprofit Review, a new journal published by Nashville’s Center for Nonprofit Management. Board president Dr. John Gonas contributes his latest article “Social Enterprise: Profitability in an...
LogicForce Consulting Pairs with Spring Back Recycling to Share the Importance of Mattress Recycling and Give Back to the Nashville Community
LogicForce Consulting, a legal technology firm, has donated its time and technical expertise to aid Spring Back Recycling in creating a website that focuses on educating the public about the importance of mattress recycling and giving back to the local community....
The Quadruple Bottom Line
I am constantly asked about the existence of any unique firm and market characteristics of a social enterprise like Spring Back Recycling. As a result, I have spent the last four years contemplating what “recipe” of variables have existed to enable this new venture,...
Spring Back Nashville celebrates 30,000 recycled mattresses!
Today Spring Back Nashville hosts its 30,000 mattress celebration, highlighting the impact on the lives of the men who we employ and the impact on the environment. Stay tuned for updates on this event!
1 Million Pounds Recycled by Innovative Mattress Solutions
With its first major retail partner, Spring Back Nashville has recycled over 1 million pounds of material this year alone! Learn more here: http://bedtimesmagazine.com/2013/12/ims-recycles-more-than-1-million-pounds-in-used-mattresses/