Some items are easy to recycle, like a plastic bottle or newspaper. Other things are a lot more difficult, simply because they probably won’t fit in your average recycling bin—like a king-size ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Used mattresses are the bane of a landfill’s existence. They take up a lot of space, give off noxious gases as they decompose, and their springs can damage the machinery used to ...

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We expect to recycle everything these days, but some products don’t make it easy. Take mattresses, please. Although progress has been made recently on mattress recycling, they remain one of the most ...

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.

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany—With around 30 million mattresses being discarded in the European Union alone each year, of which most end up in landfill or being incinerated, the search for a more sustainable ...

Does anyone ever question the basic assumptions of recycling? How do we know energy consumption and pollution created during collection, transportation and recycling of some items does not exceed the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) is encouraging Californians to take advantage of its Bye Bye Mattress program on Nov.15, Keep America Beautiful's ...