Dive summary:

• Two bills are going through the California Legislature that are trying to mandate mattress recycling; industry experts and environmentalists expect one of the bills to be passed.
• One bill from Sen. Loni Hancock (D-Berkeley), would requite mattress producers to recycle 75% of used mattresses by 2020 and allow them to charge retailers or consumers more to cover the added expense.
• The mattress industry is sponsoring another bill by Sen. Lou Correa (D-Santa Ana), that would put more responsibility n the state to set a recycling fee that consumers would pay.

From the article:

With both bills, the push is to require the industry to recover springs, wood and fiber from old mattresses.

According to the Los Angeles Times, California residents buy about 4 million new mattresses and box springs each year — and half of the used mattress those new mattress replace end up in landfills or simply dumped on city streets. The city of Oakland, for example, spends $200,00 per year to collect mattresses that have been illegally dumped by the side of the road, says a survey conducted by Hancock’s office. ...