Donating my old queen-sized mattress proved difficult. I recycled it and paid nearly $100 for the service in New York. More than 75% of mattress materials, like wood, foam, steel and fiber, can be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purchasing a new mattress can lead to a better night’s sleep and ease one’s recurring back and neck pain. But what to do with your ...

The Bye Bye Mattress Program, the mattress recycling program headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, and operated by the Mattress Recycling Council, Alexandria, Virginia, has recently announced that ...

Getting rid of furniture isn’t easy, especially if it’s big and bulky like a mattress or box spring. Well, guess what? Thanks to a new program, it’s easy and free — that is, if you can get it to the ...

It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item. But the economics of mattress recycling illustrate why it can be difficult — and costly — to be an ...