A Duluth-based company that invented a machine to recycle steel coils in used mattresses has sold the rights to an Australian company to build and sell the machines in that country. Clint Deraas, ...

Most components of a mattress are recyclable, and recycling a mattress reduces unnecessary landfill waste. Several facilities can pick up old mattresses, or people can travel to recycling centers. On ...

After spending hundreds — if not thousands — of dollars for a new mattress, a good night’s sleep is likely more on the minds of shoppers in Connecticut than the recycling fee tacked onto the purchase.

When David Traub visited a landfill for the first time to dump a truckload of wood and drywall from a home improvement project, he expected to find a big pit full of junk and trash. He did not expect ...

MOORHEAD — Mattresses are starting to pile up at the Clay County Resource Recovery Center, but the growing pile is not en route to the landfill. When taken to a landfill, mattresses are hard on ...