Reviewing Different Aspects of Mattress Recycling Services

by Tom Smith Marketing Manager

The concept of mattress recycling has been there for quite a good number of years, but never achieved the kind of popularity as achieved by the concept of general recycling. In this concept, all you have to do is keep the old and unwanted pieces in your house, backyard, garage, etc. The reason is that they can be sent for recycling rather than being sent to landfill sites. In this post, we will cover all the aspects of recycling this product.

Companies across the globe that produce or manufacture them, make them stern enough to withstand the rashness and harshness that prevail on it. They are designed to withstand even the harshest of conditions and still stay strong in any situation. A common mattress is usually 23 cubic feet and is made of the combination of a wide assortment of materials that include foam, cotton, wood and even steel. Because of all these factors, treating them through recycling is relatively tougher as compared to furniture recycling. It is also because of the very same factors that government owned recycling plants do not include this product in the list of the things that they can recycle.

However, getting rid of the old pieces is utterly important because it contains mold, bacteria, dust mites, viruses and spores and these factors also make their re-using difficult or virtually impossible.

Steps used by mattress recycling Adelaide firms

For mattress recycling, the companies often understand that they are really tough to recycle. Therefore, they are usually filleted with box cutters and this is actually a time consuming process.
Another alternative is of shredding them, but this is a really time-consuming as well as money-consuming process.
Therefore, the third option seems the most practical, i.e. placing them over conveyer belts and firstly, cut the soft products contained in them.
They are then, passed through a magnetic field to remove all the metal content and at the same time, the fiber content is also shredded. The steel and foam part can be recycled.
As far as wood and fabric is concerned, they are of a really bad quality and are left untreated by the furniture recycling Adelaide firms.

In the past one decade, the machines used by the furniture recycling and mattress recycling firms have advanced a lot and now they can recycle up to 25 mattresses/hour.

Advantages

It offers higher financial incentive as an alternative to landfills.
The fetched steel can be used for construction purpose and is a great cost saving point.
The recycled foam can be cleaned and used for making carpet pads and mattress pads, or even for your pet’s bedding.
Landfill related problems created by the springs could be reduced virtually to zero.
This encourages cleaner roadsides with a reduction in their illegal dumping.
The parts can become carpet underlay and many other new steel, plastic, and wood products.
Most of the parts are salvaged are sent to local manufacturers for reuse.