Bye Bye Mattress tops the 1.5 million mark for Connecticut mattresses recycled

Sarah Houlton

Connecticut, US – In the eight years since the Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program started up in Connecticut, it has kept more than 1.5 million mattresses out of landfill. Placed end to end, MRC said, the mattresses would stretch all the way along the US east coast, from the very north of Maine to Key West in the south of Florida.

In the last fiscal year alone, almost 200,000 mattresses and box springs were recycled. The recycling rate was also increased, to 75%, with 3.75kT of foam, steel, fibre and wood being processed into new products. More than 24kT of materials have now been diverted from landfill in the eight years the program has been running.

“We also cultivated more participation from mattress retailers and other types of businesses that have large amounts of mattresses to recycle at once,” said Dan McGowan, MRC’s north-east programme coordinator. “The mattresses we collect are recycled locally, providing jobs and turning valuable materials into new products like carpet padding and a variety of steel products.”

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