After spending hundreds — if not thousands — of dollars for a new mattress, a good night’s sleep is likely more on the minds of shoppers in Connecticut than the recycling fee tacked onto the purchase.

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 ...

Five million mattresses have been recycled by the Bye Bye Mattress program in California since the program began in 2016, according to a Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) news release. The program has ...

The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) submitted its 2024-2025 annual report to Connecticut's Department of Energy and ...

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 ...