Connecticut Public Act No. 13-42 (HB 6437), an act concerning a mattress stewardship program, was signed into law on May 28, 2013, the first mattress stewardship law in the U.S.
The law requires mattress manufacturers to create a...
Mattress Legislation
Interest in mattress stewardship has grown in recent years due to increasing disposal costs and the recognition that most mattress components are recyclable.
Status:
Proposed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2013
SB 254, the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, introduced by Senator Hancock, would require mattress manufacturers to create and finance a mattress recovery and recycling system. SB 254 specified that a manufacturer may internalize the costs of implementation and a manufacturer may voluntarily establish a charge to be added to the purchase price of a mattress to reimburse manufacturers' costs, but was...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Resolution
Date:
June, 2012
The United States Conference of Mayors, at their 2012 annual meeting, passed a resolution expressing support for state and federal EPR legislation for mattresses. Specifically, the resolution states that "the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports state and federal EPR legislation for mattresses, and will encourage its communities to use EPR as a policy tool to relieve local governments of significant costs of managing mattresses."...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2012
SB 1118, the Used Mattress Recovery and Recycling Act, failed to pass. The bill was supported by Waste Management, Recology, Republic Services, Inc., the California Retailers Association and others (according to the bill's sponsor (PDF...
Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2012
SB-89, an act establishing a mattress stewardship program, was the culmination of a year-long dialog facilitated by the Product Stewardship Institute with state and local governments, businesses, environmental organizations, and the mattress industry.
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Status:
Failed
Type:
Bill
Date:
February, 2012
S2399 was heard in the Rhode Island Senate Committee on Environment and Agriculture April 11, 2012, along with other product stewardship bills, but the Committee recommended the bills be "held for further study," the same fate as H5888 in 2011, a framework product stewardship bill which covered mattresses but did not pass. S2399 would...
Status:
Passed
Type:
Ordinance
Date:
December, 2011
As of January 2012, Metro Vancouver, British Columbia's Banned and Prohibited Materials includes mattresses, defining them as recyclable versus non-recyclable.
The 2012 Tipping Fee Bylaw ("Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District Tipping Fee...
