Two million mattresses recycled by California stewardship program

California's statewide mattress stewardship program, Bye Bye Mattress, which is run by the industry's Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), recycled almost 1.3 million mattresses in 2017, diverting 40 million pounds from landfill, according to their 2017 California annual report

MRC said that Bye Bye Mattress California has collected more than 2 million mattresses since its start in 2016 and anticipates reaching the 3 million mark in 2018. Bye Bye Mattress operates in three states with mattress stewardship laws: California, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.