Recycling your old mattress is not only beneficial for the environment but it also saves space in the landfill.
Mattress recycling mn.
Certified recycling 14305 ewing ave burnsville mn 55306.
Our address 1179 15th avenue se minneapolis mn 55414.
In 2004 greg conkin contributed goods manager at duluth s goodwill industries was approached by an mpca staff member to help establish minnesota s first mattress recycling processing operation.
For more information go to the city of minneapolis website.
This option is a way to recover and recycle materials like metal wood and textiles.
Minnesota now has two including one in southeast minneapolis that s been fully.
Our fast affordable service makes recycling your old mattress easier than ever.
Finally in an age of increasing environmental awareness mattress recycling operations are beginning to crop up.
Please post a sign or write on the item for solid waste the mattress will be picked up on the next business day after recycling day.
Our hours monday friday.
But not in duluth.
Our mattress deconstruction process pillow top to remove the pillow top use a utility knife to cut around the mattress at the top seam fold up the pillow top then place into the appropriate recycling pile.
You may place your mattress next to your garbage cart on recycling week only.
Learn more about how we do it here.
By recycling 60 000 mattresses a year second chance recycling keeps the equivalent of a full year of waste from over 2 500 households out of landfills.
Edging without tools remove by pulling all the edging from the mattress then place into the appropriate recycling pile.
Mattresses no longer in usable condition can be recycled.
For more information visit second chance recycling.
Since more than 80 of a mattress can be recycled that s a lot going to waste.