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 ...

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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Mattresses and box springs will no longer be accepted for free at Williamson County Solid Waste facilities. “Mattresses are a problem,” said Mac Nolen, Williamson ...

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, ...

Starting Nov. 1, Massachusetts residents will be banned from throwing mattresses away with their trash.More than 75% of mattress components can be reused when disassembled, the Massachusetts ...

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 ...