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VIDEO: Recycling Mattresses, Teaching Job Skills
Although mattresses contain recyclable materials like metal and wood, the process of dismantling them is so labor intensive and cost prohibitive that most mattresses end up in the landfill.
But Nashville-based nonprofit Spring Back Recycling is not only diverting unwanted mattresses from the dump, it’s also providing jobs and job training for men and women who were formerly incarcerated or are currently homeless.
The mattress recycling venture was launched in March 2011 as a partnership between Nashville’s Belmont University and the local Belmont Church: College students run the business side of the operation, handling marketing and accounting, while the church secured a … read more
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Mattresses
The wood, foam, cotton and metal springs that make up most mattresses are all recyclable. Many charity organizations or recyclers will pick up mattresses, but you will likely have to drop it off at a designated location.
