If one piece of furniture is essential to living a productive and happy life, without a doubt, it’s your mattress. Hopefully, you’re spending at least seven hours a day getting some shuteye—more if you’re lucky.

While a mattress is crucial to living a rich, well-rested life, it’s also a piece of furniture that can be toxic to the environment. And if the synthetic fibers, foam, and potentially carcinogenic chemicals used are harmful to the earth, there’s no way it’s healthy to spend a big chunk of your life on them.