Have you ever wondered what happens to your old mattress after recycling via a pick-up or drop-off? Your mattress doesn’t vanish into thin air – it has an entirely new life! At Tough Stuff Recycling, we’re proud to lead the effort on mattress recycling in Massachusetts. It’s time to give tired beds a new life and keep bulky waste out of our landfills. Let’s break down how it all works.
Our Process For Your Old Mattress After Recycling
When you recycle your mattress with Tough Stuff Recycling, it doesn’t sit in a landfill collecting dust and dirt for years to come. We dismantle it, piece by piece, in our state-of-the-art recycling center facilities. Every mattress is broken down into four main components: foam, metal, wood, and fabric.
Here’s how it works:
- Collection: Schedule a pick-up or drop off your mattress at our designated site.
- Inspection: We check your mattress to make sure it’s safe and compliant for recycling. Not every mattress can be recycled!
- Deconstruction: Our special equipment (and dedicated team!) will separate the mattress into recyclable materials.
- Sorting: Once the mattress is deconstructed, we sort, clean, and compact the materials for delivery to different industries for reuse and recycling
How Recycled Mattresses Are Used
Parts of your old mattress after recycling it will go on to have a long life! Here’s what happens to each component:
- Foam: Foam is ground down and turned into carpet padding and insulation – you may even find it in your pet beds!
- Steel coils: Coils will be melted down and reused in construction, cars, and appliances.
- Wood: Wood will be repurposed into biomass fuel or mulch.
- Fabrics and fibers: These will be processed for industrial filters, insulation, or textile applications.
Mattress materials reused in Massachusetts make a positive impact in multiple industries.
Why Mattress Recycling Matters
Mattresses are bulky and tough on the planet when they are not disposed of responsibly. Just one mattress can take up to 100 years to decompose in a landfill – and over 600,000 mattresses are discarded annually in Massachusetts. But recycling them can make a world of difference by:
- Diverting up to 85% of materials from landfills
- Reduce illegal dumping
- Lower greenhouse gas emissions
- Support the circular economy
At Tough Stuff Recycling, we’ve already recycled more than one million mattresses – and counting! It’s part of our mission to make this planet greener, one mattress at a time.
Tough Stuff Makes It Simple
Life can be busy – and it’s tough to recycle big pieces of furniture like mattresses. That’s why we’ve made the process simple with easy online scheduling, curbside pickup, drop-off locations, and a friendly team.
Ready to recycle? Next time you need to replace your mattress, send it to us – not the dump. Visit Tough Stuff Recycling to schedule a pick-up or find a drop-off spot.