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Rhode Island Legislature Tables Mattress Recycling
June 20,
2012 by in UnCategorized 
By Home Furnishings Business in Bedding on June 21, 2012
The International Sleep Products Association praised the Rhode Island state legislature's adjourning without voting on several used mattress recycling bills.
ISPA said those rules would have imposed significant and unreasonable additional costs on mattress manufacturers, retailers and consumers.
As an alternative to state recycling programs such as those proposed in Rhode Island, ISPA is leading the push for a national mattress recycling program.
ISPA firmly believes that the best approach to efficiently recycling used mattress materials is to do this nationally, said ISPA President, Ryan Trainer. "This will encourage economies of scale which will result in more efficient recycling and lower costs. It will also create a uniform set of rules regardless of where the new mattress was bought or the used mattress was discarded. State-specific programs will inevitably lead to inconsistencies from one state to the next and higher recycling costs."
ISPA has been working since the 1980s to encourage responsible recycling of used mattress materials and supports the development of legitimate recycling operations. The association will continue to work with state and local governments to address the mattress disposal challenges that municipalities face while continuing to advocate for a broad-ranging national solution.