CircularInvest beneficiary, REVIRA Technologies directly tackles waste in the textile and furniture industries, where yearly a large volume of mattresses are discarded in landfills after consumer use.
REVIRA is developing advanced mattress dismantling and material detection solutions to transform this post-consumer waste into high-quality, traceable raw materials. Designed to support Europe’s transition to a circular economy, REVIRA enables recyclers and manufacturers to meet new regulatory demands by recovering valuable materials from discarded mattresses.
We sat down with the Core Team behind this Portuguese start-up to discuss the mission and expectations of their circular venture, the potential challenges and the scaling opportunities within the framework of CircularInvest’s support.
Could you describe the main vision of your project and what inspired it?
The vision of REVIRA is to provide Europe with traceable circular raw materials by powering the circular economy through smart mattress dismantling and advanced detection technology. The project was inspired by the alarming reality that over 90% of used mattresses in the EU, and 100% in countries like Portugal, are landfilled or incinerated. We saw a major gap in scalable, circular infrastructure for mattress recycling and wanted to build a solution aligned with EU goals, such as the EPR and Digital Product Passport.
To implement this, we employ several key circular strategies:
What main sustainability challenge does your project address and how does it contribute to the circular transition?
REVIRA addresses the challenge of material recovery from post-consumer mattresses, millions of which are wasted yearly. By converting legacy waste into high-quality, traceable feedstock, REVIRA bridges the feedstock gap for both chemical and mechanical recycling, enabling closed and open-loop circular systems in compliance with the EU Circular Economy Action Plan.
What positive changes do you plan to drive in your industry and in your local environment?
Our goal is to drastically reduce landfill dependency and CO₂ emissions from mattress waste, diverting over 450,000 tons of waste and saving approximately 71,000 tons of CO₂e annually in Portugal alone. Regionally, we intend to stimulate a new value chain for recycled materials, creating jobs and driving circular innovation in the textile and furniture industries.
How has CircularInvest helped advance your project, particularly in making it investment-ready?
So far, the support from CircularInvest has been instrumental in refining our financial models and strengthening our business case to better align with EU investor expectations. Through this collaboration, we aim to strenghten our regulatory readiness, technological innovation, and scalable impact – critical factors for attracting growth-stage investment and forming strategic industrial partnerships.
What advice would you give to other circular economy project developers, to increase their investment readiness and move to the next steps?
We would advise to start with measurable impact. Build a strong narrative around compliance, innovation, and scalability. Leveraging EU regulatory momentum like EPR and DPP frameworks can be crucial. Additionally, we would recommend them to align their model with investor expectations early, having clarity on cost savings, revenue models, and long-term market potential is key.
If you could share with other project developers one takeaway from your CircularInvest experience, what would it be?
One key takeaway we anticipated from the project’s support is the value of understanding the investor’s perspective from the outset. We trust CircularInvest to help us reframe our impact metrics, risk profile, and technological strengths in investor-friendly terms – ultimately making us more competitive in future fundraising efforts.
Read more about REVIRA Technologies in our “Beneficiaries” section here.
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