Mattress Stewardship Plans
Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) is currently the only mattress recycling organization with an approved stewardship plan.
- MRC’s Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Plan (submitted January 9, 2023)
- CalRecycle approval (March 29, 2023)
- MRC’s Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Plan (submitted on September 14, 2022)
- MRC’s Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Plan (submitted on April 25, 2022)
- MRC’s Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Plan (submitted on July 1, 2015, conditionally approved on October 1, 2015, resubmitted on November 30, 2015, and approved on January 29, 2016)
- MRC California, LLC Contingency Plan (submitted on April 30, 2020, approved July 27, 2020)
Background
A used mattress recovery and recycling plan, commonly referred to as a stewardship plan, outlines how a mattress recycling organization intends to fulfill its responsibilities under the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act (Public Resources Code sections 42985-42994). Plans must include, but are not limited to, the following information:
- Program objectives consistent with the state’s solid waste management hierarchy
- Program performance measurement
- Methods to increase used mattresses diverted from landfills, reduce illegally dumped mattresses, and increase materials recycled
- Funding for plan implementation
- Outreach and education efforts
- Advisory committee report
- Contingency plan