Calgary company recycles thousands of mattresses, wants to divert all city mattresses from landfill

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After recycling more than 150,000 mattresses in southern Alberta over the last five years, a Calgary mattress recycler wants to partner with the City of Calgary to divert every mattress destined for the dump.

“On a yearly basis, we have enough mattresses that we recycle right now that would fill up McMahon Stadium,” said Shawn Cable, business operations leader for Re-Matt.

Re-Matt currently collects mattresses from Banff, Airdrie, Strathmore and even some southern municipalities in British Columbia, but does not operate at the City of Calgary landfill sites.The coil springs are collected and sent off for scrap metal or to smelters. Wood is broken down into shavings, foam is shredded and re-used as underlay for carpeting. The fabric materials are compacted and sent to landfill.

A City of Calgary spokesperson sent a statement to CTV News which stated that, “We encourage citizens to donate or ask their mattress retailer if they offer a recycling program or to contact local mattress recyclers . Citizens can bring large pieces of furniture like mattresses to the city landfill .

 

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are they recycling the bedbugs also?

I'd rather milk a bull than recycle a mattress.

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