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reduce public agency costs for the end-of-use management of used mattresses. The legislation requires industry to create a statewide recycling program to increase the recovery and recycling of mattresses at their end-of-use. The Program is administered by the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) and funded through an $11 recycling fee collected from consumers at point-of-sale when a mattress or box spring is purchased. SB 1274 (Hancock) was passed in 2014 to provide additional clarity regarding definitions, report submittals, and record keeping requirements. Bye Bye Mattress California program webpageCalifornia Mattress Recycling Bill Becomes Law Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the state’s mattress recycling bill. S.B. 254 makes California the third state in the country to adopt a producer responsibility law for mattress end of life. Brown did call for the California Senate to clean up ambiguous language in the bill during the next legislative session, according to a news release from the Boston-based Product Stewardship Inc.
He expressed concern regarding "language that appears to limit the regulatory authority of the department (of Resources Recycling and Recovery) and the requirement that the department reduce its administrative costs by the amount of penalties it collects." The law requires mattress manufacturers to create and manage a mattress recycling organization that will provide recycling services to municipalities for free. The program will be financed by a visible mattress recycling charge, or "eco-fee," which will be collected from consumers at the point of sale. The mattress recycling organization must submit a plan detailing the operations of the program to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) by July 1, 2015. The law also requires the mattress stewardship council to reimburse costs for administration and oversight to CalRecycle. “This is a great day for our industry, the environment and California consumers,” said Ryan Trainer, president of the Alexandria, Va.-based International Sleep Products Association, in a news release.
“All stakeholders collaborated to help refine this legislation into a used mattress recycling policy that will provide a practical and innovative solution to a serious problem.” Connecticut and Rhode Island passed similar mattress recycling laws earlier this year. California has recently become the second state to implement the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC)'s Bye Bye Mattress program, a free recycling program for used mattresses and box springs. Currently, Connecticut also participates in the program. Rhode Island is expected to launch the program later this year. Since Dec. 30, 2015, each mattress and box spring sold in California will include a $11 fee. This fee will allow residents to later drop-off their old mattress at no cost at participating collection sites. There are currently 40 solid waste facilities in the state that have signed up for the Bye Bye Mattress program. In addition to these facilities, the MRC is working with other entities such as hotels and universities to divert mattresses from the landfill.
More than 80% of a used mattress' components can be recycled, including the steel springs, foam, wooden frames, and cotton fibers, according to the Mattress Recycling Council. However, without mattress recycling programs, more than 50,000 mattresses are sent to U.S. landfills each day. "We developed California’s program to increase the recycling of used mattress materials by leveraging the existing waste collection infrastructure," said MRC President Ryan Trainer. He explained that the mattress recycling program is "a cost-effective solution to a long-term problem," according to the Victorville Daily Press. Although this Bye Bye Mattress program is only currently implemented in two states, many states across the country are working to keep these mattresses out of landfills. In August 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) offered $500,000 in grants to help cities and towns launch mattress recycling programs. Minnesota considered a statewide mattress recycling program in Nov. 2014, however it has not yet been executed.