Around 6,000 foam mattresses are dumped on landfill from hospitals in Munster alone. That’s because they can't be recycled.  Michael O’Sullivan has come up with a way of recycling the plastic in a brand-new prototype mattress which will be far more hygienic and eco-friendly.   It’s called a Nest mattress and the forthcoming national children's hospital will be using them almost exclusively.

Michael O’Sullivan is the boss Nua Medical and the ‘Green Businessperson of the month’ with Repak for the month of June.