HARTFORD – The Mattress Recycling Council’s Bye Bye Mattress program in Connecticut reports another successful year, according to its recently filed annual report .
MRC collected 195,725 mattress and foundation units during the state’s 2023-24 fiscal year, according to its report filed with the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP). The program’s recyclers processed 3,456 tons of steel, foam, fiber, and wood, preventing these valuable materials from ending up in the waste stream.
In operation since 2015, the country’s first statewide mattress recycling program has collected nearly 1.7 million mattresses and foundations, recycling more than 29,000 tons of materials.
“The mattresses we collect are recycled locally, providing jobs and turning valuable materials into new products like carpet padding, insulation, and a variety of steel products,” said Dan McGowan, MRC’s Northeast program manager. “Mattress recycling is working for residents and businesses while saving Connecticut municipalities an estimated $3.25 million annually.”
MRC’s Bye Bye Mattress program collects units across the state from participating town transfer stations, public works yards, seasonal collection events, and curbside collection service providers. This collection network spans 157 Connecticut municipalities, an increase of three from the prior reporting period.
More than 394 other entities, such as mattress retailers, hotels, universities, and hospitals throughout Connecticut, use MRC’s program to recycle discarded mattresses.
In Fairfield County, the following municipalities participate in the mattress recycling program:
- Brookfield (307 White St., Danbury)
- Bridgeport (475 Asylum St. and Park City Green at 459 Iranistan Ave.)
- Danbury (307 White St.)
- Darien (126 Ledge Road)
- New Fairfield (33 Bigelow Road)
- Redding (84 Hopewell Woods Road)
- Ridgefield (55 South St.)
- Shelton (866 River Road)
- Stratford (165 Watson Blvd.)
- Weston (237 Godfrey Road E.)
- Wilton (71 Mather St.)
