| We all buy mattresses for our homes and often | | | | With the price of steel and foams climbing many |
| get five, ten, fifteen maybe twenty years worth | | | | of these businesses are able to recycle old |
| of use out of these mattresses. We go out and | | | | mattresses and re-introduce new components |
| purchase a new mattress and of course must | | | | into them to make a new mattress. These |
| find a way to dispose of our old mattress. Many | | | | mattresses feature yellow law labels sewn into |
| dispose of their mattresses via trash or disposal | | | | them and are companies like these accept and |
| service. But this leads to filling our landfills with old | | | | often will pick up old mattresses for these |
| mattresses creating a sort of mattress | | | | components. Typically only found in larger |
| graveyard where more trash and debris cover | | | | metropolitan areas these manufacturers or local |
| them up to lay beneath tons and tons of trash in | | | | shops help to find new life for your old mattress |
| a landfill. Many of the materials inside these | | | | which will keep it out of a landfill. Recycled and |
| mattresses is not biodegradable. | | | | reconditioned mattresses won't have bugs or |
| This is the month of October which brings us | | | | other crawling creatures come out of them like |
| Halloween, ghosts, ghouls and scares. Perhaps, | | | | some scary Halloween thriller. They are specially |
| when we bury our old mattresses we should be | | | | sanitized and cleaned before being returned to the |
| concerned that they are going to rise from the | | | | general public for sale again but have new life |
| ground and walk the earth like mattress zombies | | | | breathed into them. |
| scouring the Earth for restless sleepers like us . | | | | Many city waste processing centers are starting |
| Perhaps your old mattress is looking for you like | | | | to recycle old mattresses by taking the steel out |
| the zombie out of a Halloween thriller. Maybe | | | | of them and scrapping it and melting it down as |
| there is a better way though of disposing our old | | | | well. Not all do this but many are again due to the |
| mattresses that's more green friendly rather than | | | | high cost of steel. You can contact your local city |
| burying them. That way they won't be possessed | | | | waste pickup center and ask them if they |
| with the idea of coming to find us. | | | | recycle. Metal scrap yards might also be a great |
| Many civic leaders and environmentalist have | | | | place for recycling your mattress rather than |
| come to the same conclusion that disposing of | | | | introducing it into a landfill. |
| large bulky items that can't decompose into a | | | | In this article I brought out the fact that landfills |
| landfill just isn't the solution. So what are some of | | | | have long been mattress graveyards by |
| the options we have for discarding our old | | | | mattresses being placed into landfills and buried by |
| mattresses? If your mattress is perhaps five | | | | tons of trash and waste. There are alternatives |
| years old or less and is still in new or close to | | | | to this and include donating your mattress to |
| new condition then it should be recommended to | | | | companies like Goodwill or the Salvation Army. |
| ask family or friends if they can use your | | | | Having them picked up by local manufacturers |
| mattress. Explain how much you paid for it and | | | | who recycle them into new reconditioned |
| tell them you'd rather see someone you know be | | | | mattresses. There is always the choice too of |
| able to use it rather than discarding it. You'd be | | | | having them picked up by your local waste or |
| surprised how many people may have a mattress | | | | recycling center which can use the steel and other |
| on its last leg and may jump at an opportunity to | | | | materials out of the mattress which will reduce |
| replace it with a more modern mattress. | | | | what goes into landfills. |
| Perhaps your family and friends are happy with | | | | Hopefully if you're considering disposing of a |
| their mattresses (which is good) and just can't | | | | mattress you can find a better home for it than |
| find a use for yours. If this is the case why not | | | | having it get buried into a graveyard of old |
| considering donating your mattress to one of the | | | | mattresses, trash and other waste. If you decide |
| many charitable organizations or non-profit | | | | to try to recycle your old mattress than you're |
| organizations out there. Companies like Goodwill or | | | | definitely doing you're part to help be more green |
| Salvation Army are often happy to accept lightly | | | | and eco-friendly towards our environment. If you |
| used mattresses that they can use in their own | | | | decide to just send your old mattress off to a |
| programs or offer them for sale through their | | | | landfill however, beware. Old mattresses in the |
| stores to raise money for the different programs | | | | mattress graveyard have been known to come |
| they offer for your community. It's not scary at | | | | out at night, looking for restless sleepers with |
| all to drop off your old mattress to the different | | | | whom to find. As you're telling ghost stories |
| drop off locations. Who knows, perhaps your | | | | around that Halloween campfire, watch out behind |
| mattress will find a new home and live again. | | | | you. That old mattress may be lurking like an |
| There are also manufacturers who take old | | | | undead zombie in the shadows. Stay alert and |
| mattresses and use the old steel spring | | | | make sure you all stay together. Much like our |
| components and anything else that can be | | | | planet's ecology if we all do our part we'll hopefully |
| recycled to make new reconditioned mattresses. | | | | make it through to the sequel. |