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 ...

In the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, residents buy about 350,000 new mattresses each year, according to the International Sleep Products Association. Of the old ones they replace, about half are ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A mattress recycling bill that is expected to become the model for laws across the nation was ...

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, ...

Mattress recycling has been an option in Springfield since 2018. In addition to keeping old bedding out of the local landfill, the recycling program will now serve as a form of workforce development, ...

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 ...