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Mattress Recycling Info

I created this webpage to explain where mattresses/box springs are recycled
after I read some people are claiming to recycling mattresses themselves

Most of the County dumps/tranfer stations do not dump your mattresses in the land fill
they take them to this mattress shredding facility in Bay Area.

DR3 Mattress Recycling Facility
1960 Williams Avenue
San Leandro, CA 94577

Below is some quotes from their webpage that I copied.

"In December 2001, the centerpiece of the society's DR3 program came into being: a mattress recycling facility in Alameda County, California, which processed 300 mattresses and box springs in its first week. Its grand opening was a resounding success."

"The recycling system separates steel, wood, and cotton elements, but the driver is the goal to recycle some 500,000 pounds of polyurethane foam per year."

" The basic idea is to divert or reclaim mattresses and box springs from landfills and primarily transfer sites. "Each city or county has such a site, which essentially is a staging area (typically, a large pit) at which garbage trucks dump trash. From there, the waste moves into packer trucks and is sent on to the landfill. (The transfer site also has a recycling area, where wood, tires and even computers can be set aside, to be rerouted for recycling.)"

"box springs is pushed onto a conveyor belt, and the dismantling process begins as special saws slice away the soft materials on the top and bottom--in other words, separating the polyurethane foam and cotton fiber from the steel framework".
The remaining materials are put through the shredder. The metal is magnetically removed from the shredded mass, and the remaining fiber material is bailed."