Toowoomba, QLD evaluates best practices for mattress diversion from landfills with recycling pilot

Toowoomba, QLD Mattress Recycling Pilot Diversion Landfill

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The Greater Toowoomba Waste Management Facility accepts mattress drop-offs by local residents. Metal springs from mattresses are stripped and sold for scrap metal. Waste management staffers are evaluating if mattress foam and fabric can be repurposed in the future. The six-week pilot evaluates the amount of time and resources necessary for additional mattress recycling. Council leaders believe a fully realized process could remove 3,000 mattresses from landfills per year.

Pilot / POC Recycling Waste Management

Toowoomba, QLD

Regional council in Queensland

Australia

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TRC mattress processing trial to divert 3000 items from landfill

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Toowoomba Regional Council’s new mattress processing trial to divert 3000 items from landfill | The Chronicle

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