It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item. But the economics of mattress recycling illustrate why it can be difficult — and costly — to be an ...

MRC's Bye Bye Mattress has become a success in California. Since the state program launched in 2015, more than 13 million mattresses have been recycled.

“End-of-life” mattresses and box springs are often discarded in landfills or illegally dumped — this remains an issue for Maryland’s environmental waste management goals and the state’s landfill ...

A Duluth-based company that invented a machine to recycle steel coils in used mattresses has sold the rights to an Australian company to build and sell the machines in that country. Clint Deraas, ...

Besides recycling old bedding for customers who purchased a new mattress and box spring, he will also pick up used mattresses and box springs for non-customers in Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester ...

Donating my old queen-sized mattress proved difficult. I recycled it and paid nearly $100 for the service in New York. More than 75% of mattress materials, like wood, foam, steel and fiber, can be ...