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The Stretch Bed
A flat-packable, washable bed designed for remote Australia. Made from recycled plastic, galvanised steel, and heavy-duty canvas.
Your Impact
Each bed diverts 20kg of plastic from landfill and supports community-led manufacturing in remote Australia.
About the Stretch Bed
The Stretch Bed is the flagship product from Goods on Country — a bed designed in partnership with remote Indigenous communities across Australia. Two galvanised steel poles thread through canvas sleeves. Recycled plastic legs click onto the poles. Done. No tools, no complicated assembly, just a bed that works. Every bed diverts 20kg HDPE from landfill. The manufacturing process is designed to be transferred to community ownership — we're building the infrastructure for communities to make their own beds, not a dependency on outside suppliers. The canvas sleeping surface is fully washable. The recycled plastic legs are virtually indestructible. The steel poles are rated for 200kg. This bed is built for the conditions of remote Australia.
Features
Materials & Sustainability
Recycled Plastic Legs
20kg of HDPE diverted from landfill per bed. Virtually indestructible in any conditions.
Galvanised Steel Poles
26.9mm outer diameter, rated for 200kg capacity. Built to last 10+ years.
Australian Canvas
Heavy-duty, fully washable sleeping surface. Designed for the conditions of remote Australia.
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Partner with us to sponsor beds for remote communities or license the manufacturing model for your region.
On-Country Manufacturing
From rubbish to bed
A containerised production plant that turns community plastic waste into bed components. Local people do the making.
Collect
Local people gather plastic waste from around community. Sorted by colour, cleaned, ready for shredding.
Shred
Plastic goes into the shredder — a containerised unit that stays on site between production runs.
Press
Shredded plastic is heated and pressed into durable sheets. Each colour is unique — made from whatever plastic the community collected.
Cut
A CNC router cuts bed leg components from the pressed sheets. Precise, repeatable, minimal waste.
Assemble
Thread one pole through each side of the canvas. Clip the legs on. Done in under 5 minutes, no tools.
~30 beds per week · 20kg plastic diverted per bed
Built by community
Clip legs onto poles
Community voices
“Having a bed is something you need; you feel more safe when you sleep in a bed. It's different than sleeping on the couch or the ground.”
“It's more better than laying around on the floors... It was easy to make. Yeah, it's nice.”
“I think it's a great bed. Nice bed. And it's more lower, um, more comfortable.”
From factory to country
