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.

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 ...

Mattresses aren’t built to last forever, and even the highest-quality ones need to be replaced eventually. After about ten years of nightly use, your mattress has likely accumulated more than just ...

The Department of Environmental Quality has rejected a plan from the Mattress Recycling Council. The agency cited concerns about outreach to rural and marginalized communities. It also asked for a ...

Stockton residents can get rid of mattresses, appliances, yard waste and other bulky items at the city’s drive-through recycling event this month. From 8 a.m. to noon on Sept. 21, residents can drive ...

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 ...