Mattress Recycling Law Springs to Life - KDRV

Portland, OR -- Oregon's has a new law to keep mattresses off the landscape.

Today, Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality (DEW) says the state became the fourth U.S. state to make a law establishing a statewide mattress recycling program. Governor Kate Brown signed the law today, authored by State Senator James Manning Jr., requiring mattress manufacturers to set up and operate a recycling program, overseen by the state, to help consumers recycle unwanted mattresses.

DEQ says the new "extended producer responsibility, or EPR, law will increase mattress recycling, establish new convenient locations in every county for residents to drop off their mattresses, reduce illegal dumping, and create recycling-sector jobs. As with the Oregon paint stewardship law, retailers will collect a small fee from consumers to fund the program."

DEQ says Mattress Recycling Council programs in neighboring California, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have collected more than 10 million mattresses, resulting in 380 million pounds of steel, foam, fiber, and wood being diverted from landfills and recycled into new products.

The legislation adds to Oregon’s product stewardship programs for leftover paint, discarded electronics, unused medicines and, most recently, the Recycling Modernization Act, which covers curbside materials.

Senate Bill 1576, or SB1576, passed the 2022 legislature with language that enacts the measure 91 days after the end of the 2022 legislative session (in June) once signed into law.

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