Accoridng to an article on BakersfieldNow, the website for Bakersfield, California-based KBAK, a new recycling program in Kern County, California, is removing mattresses from local landfills for recycling.
The California Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, which went into effect last December, requires an $11 fee on each mattress and box spring purchased, which is collected by the nonprofit Mattress Recycling Council.
“The mattress council covers the cost of the trucking, the trailers, the loading costs,” Waste Management Specialist Supervisor Chuck Magee told KBAK. “And the processing costs when it gets to the recycler.”
The council has collected 22,000 mattresses from Kern County, Magee told KBAK.
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