Bethany Joins State's Mattress Recycling Program

BETHANY, CT — The town recently joined the state's Mattress Recycling Program, which will allow Bethany residents to drop off their old mattresses and box springs at the municipal recycling center on Amity Road, officials announced.

The service is available to Bethany residents and taxpayers, and mattresses and box springs are accepted free of charge (if they meet certain criteria) whenever the center is open.

"Through participation in the MRP we are assuring that component parts and materials of acceptable mattress and box spring units are responsibly recycled while saving the $25 per unit charge we were incurring when we sent such units out mixed in our bulky waste," wrote officials in a statement.

Acceptable mattresses and box springs "must be dry and cannot have any major soiling, damage or any bedbugs." Unacceptable units will be treated as bulky waste and will handled for a $25 fee.

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