The Bite:
Then say rock-a-bye-bye to your mattress. Donate or recycle it instead of sending it to the landfill, then start counting sheep on your new one.
Is your manger lookin' kinda mangy?
Submitted by tmeronek on Mon, 10/06/2008 - 1:27am.
The Benefits:
- Fewer waste-related nightmares. We throw away about 20 million mattresses each year in the United States - so donating or recycling means smaller landfills (recyclers can separate the fiber, foam, steel, and wood for remanufacturing into - for example - new mattresses).
- Not waking up the cops. In some areas, trashing your mattress is illegal since they take up so much landfill space; some municipalities require you to recycle.
Personally Speaking:
In the SF team's hood, lazies leave mattresses on the street all the time even though it's illegal. In the rain. (As if somebody's gonna pick up your drenched, stinky mattress.)
Wanna Try:
- Check with the store where you're buying your new mattress to see if it offers donation or recycling services for your old one.
- Earth 911 - type in mattress and your zip for a nearby recycling drop-spot.
- Craigslist and Freecycle - list your mattress for free; chances are someone'll want it.
- Instructables - DIY instructions on cleaning your mattress before you donate it.
Delicious
DiggBang For The Bite
If 10,000 Biters recycle a full-size bed instead of trashing it, we'll avert enough waste to cover an American football field with 8 feet of garbage.
Cocktail Fact
According to researchers, sleep deprivation contributed to the human errors that caused the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
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Oct 06, 2008
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