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Committee discusses mattress-depot recycling success and tougher enforcement to curb illegal dumping
Summary
DPW reported the Mattress Depot recycled most incoming mattresses (9,381 taken in 2025; 9,080 recycled). Staff and police urged a multidisciplinary enforcement strategy — cameras, prosecutions and public shaming — to deter illegal dumping; the council approved a mattress-related resolution at the meeting.
The committee received detailed briefings on mattress-collection and the broader problem of illegal mattress dumping.
DPW staff said the Mattress Depot collected 9,381 mattresses in 2025 and recycled 9,080 of those, and that so far in 2026 the depot has taken in 2,208 mattresses and recycled 2,157. "The depot is a really good asset because if the mattress is…
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