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Municipal #3 Difficult to Manage Wastes: Mattresses (Kate Hagemann)
1. Difficult to Manage Wastes: Mattresses Kate Hagemann , Product Stewardship Institute Advancing Recycling & Organics Management: A Sustainable Future March 29, 2010
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3. State “Extended Producer Responsibility” Laws February 25th 2011 8
4. State Legislative Momentum EPR Laws & EPR 2010 Legislation February 25, 2011 60+ EPR laws in 32 states (including laws on carpet, cell phones and agricultural pesticide containers) 2 2 9 9 14 23*
12. National Mattress Stewardship Meeting March 29, 2011 Monday, April 11, 2011 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority Trash Museum 211 Murphy Road Hartford, CT
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14. Registration March 29, 2011 www.productstewardship.us/mattresses To register visit: * dial-in participation also available
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Mattresses and box springs are new to the realm of product stewardship. About 40 million mattresses and box springs are sold in the United States each year. Whether they are recycled or disposed, used mattresses represent a significant cost for many local governments and institutions to manage. Currently, most mattresses and box springs are disposed of in landfills or incinerators, where their bulk makes them difficult to handle and expensive to manage. Only a small percentage is recycled annually. Motivated to reduce an estimated $400,000 annual cost to dispose of residential mattresses, the City of Hartford has taken the lead on developing a product stewardship solution that will increase mattress recycling and decrease costs to the City. Assisted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford and other local governments in Connecticut and around the country sought help from the Product Stewardship Institute, which has turned this into a national Mattress Stewardship Initiative that will likely result in a legislative solution. This initiative includes representatives from the mattress industry, state and local government agencies, recyclers, and other key stakeholders. PSI has developed a briefing document that will prepare participants for a National Mattress Stewardship Meeting to be held on April 11 in Hartford, Connecticut. Following the meeting, PSI will convene stakeholders on workgroup calls to begin implementation of selected strategies.
Using a tipping fee of $75 per ton, and estimating that mattresses would at most weigh 250/lbs/cubic yard, tipping revenues would only amount to $9.38/cubic yard from mattress disposal. Efficient landfills compact garbage at a rate of 1500 lbs/cubic yard which would generate $56.25 in tipping fee revenues. The landfill incurs an opportunity cost of $46.87 to accept lighter mattresses. Assuming 125 mattresses of various sizes with about 10,000 lbs, and can be compacted at a rate of 250lbs/cubic yard, 125 mattresses would take up 40 cubic yards, and each compressed mattress would contain 3.123 mattresses. Taken from “Used Mattress Disposal and Component Recycling: Opportunities and Challenges,” International Sleep Products Association, Mattress Disposal Task Force, available at http://www.sleepproducts.org/Sustainability/docs/UsedMattressesDisposalReport.pdf. “ Used Mattress Disposal and Component Recycling: Opportunities and Challenges,” International Sleep Products Association, Mattress Disposal Task Force, available at http://www.sleepproducts.org/Sustainability/docs/UsedMattressesDisposalReport.pdf. . In a 2004 report released by ISPA,
Mattresses and box springs are new to the realm of product stewardship. About 40 million mattresses and box springs are sold in the United States each year. Whether they are recycled or disposed, used mattresses represent a significant cost for many local governments and institutions to manage. Currently, most mattresses and box springs are disposed of in landfills or incinerators, where their bulk makes them difficult to handle and expensive to manage. Only a small percentage is recycled annually. Motivated to reduce an estimated $400,000 annual cost to dispose of residential mattresses, the City of Hartford has taken the lead on developing a product stewardship solution that will increase mattress recycling and decrease costs to the City. Assisted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford and other local governments in Connecticut and around the country sought help from the Product Stewardship Institute, which has turned this into a national Mattress Stewardship Initiative that will likely result in a legislative solution. This initiative includes representatives from the mattress industry, state and local government agencies, recyclers, and other key stakeholders. PSI has developed a briefing document that will prepare participants for a National Mattress Stewardship Meeting to be held on April 11 in Hartford, Connecticut. Following the meeting, PSI will convene stakeholders on workgroup calls to begin implementation of selected strategies.
In April 2010, PSI conducted an email survey of its state and local government members to better understand the extent of the problems with mattress disposal. The survey generated more than 80 responses, with many respondents indicating that mattress disposal is a significant problem. Thirty stakeholders echoed these concerns, outlined in the proposed issue statement, at a September 1, 2010 meeting in Middletown, Connecticut. Based on the survey responses and September 2010 meeting, PSI has developed this Briefing Document and will hold a multi-stakeholder meeting in Hartford, Connecticut, on April 11, 2011. PSI will also conduct follow-up workgroup conference calls to begin implementation of selected strategies.
- The first goal will be of most interest to the group
- Very important to show interest ! Bring the manufacturers to the table
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