| My fictional friend was driving around your city | | | | and help the environment by diverting unwanted |
| the other day and frankly, your city didn't look | | | | mattresses from the local roadsides and out of |
| any too good to her when she noticed so many | | | | the landfills - you are not only doing the right |
| discarded mattresses strewn along the roadsides. | | | | thing, you are saving tax dollars as it takes |
| Of course she couldn't tell for certain how bad it | | | | money to buy landfill space wasted on |
| really is just from the small number of streets | | | | mattresses and more money to pay for roadside |
| sampled, and she certainly doesn't want to | | | | mattress cleanups. |
| wrongly criticize your community. So, I encourage | | | | Many you know will say the mattress disposal |
| you as you are commuting about your city to | | | | problem should be handled by the government. |
| keep an eye out for discarded mattresses. You | | | | And, if you look at how successful the tire |
| may well find that my friend's sample was in total | | | | recycling process has been, our government can |
| error and simply amiss via her street selection | | | | indeed step in and take a similar path to address |
| process. However, if your observations find the | | | | mattress disposal. Perhaps you know a politician |
| number of discarded mattresses higher than what | | | | to whom you might wish to put them on notice |
| is acceptable to you - please note that the grass | | | | of this need to treat mattresses similarly to the |
| roots mattress recycling business represents a | | | | way tires were addressed earlier. It is almost |
| legal and fair means to get value out of those | | | | always more efficient to use a proven means |
| discarded mattresses. | | | | when available and the success of the tire |
| Value out of unwanted mattresses? You bet! | | | | recycling program is a solid example. |
| Those unwanted mattresses have cotton, foam, | | | | Ask yourself, "When other visitors come to your |
| felt and steel components that when recycled can | | | | city, will they also notice that mattress recycling is |
| bring money in to a local business in your city. | | | | not being locally practiced?" You know - by the |
| One of your city's currently unemployed people | | | | same evaluation method you and my friend used |
| with just a plain box cutter to work with, can | | | | driving your city streets to observe how many |
| strip about twenty-five mattresses a day and | | | | mattresses were just rotting along your city's |
| sort their component parts for recycling and that | | | | roadsides. |
| is creating a new job. If your city has 100 | | | | If you think your city is in need of additional jobs |
| mattresses a day going to the roadsides or the | | | | and your city should be properly recycling |
| local landfill - recycling should add four new jobs to | | | | unwanted mattresses, talk your position up and |
| your local community's working class. | | | | maybe even write your city council person. One |
| 200 mattresses per day would add eight new | | | | individual can well make a difference if they know |
| jobs and well you can do the math. At this | | | | what they want and are committed to getting it |
| writing, adding jobs is a critical task in getting | | | | done. |
| America back on its feet. When you can add jobs | | | | |