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Massachusetts advocates, operators back mattress recycling program and bill to share costs with producers
Summary
Industry groups, social enterprises and national mattress recyclers backed bills to create an industry‑run mattress recycling program in Massachusetts, arguing it would reduce illegal dumping, lower municipal costs and create jobs in a nascent recycling sector.
Manufacturers, social enterprises and mattress recycling operators urged the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources on Oct. 12 to adopt legislation establishing an industry‑run mattress recycling program.
Grant Johnson of the International Sleep Products Association said House Bill 10 23 (and related proposals) would require the industry to establish and operate a recycling program modeled after the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), which…
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