Members can use this site to locate used mattress component recycling facilities that may be operating near them, find outlets for recycled materials they want to sell, and learn about ISPA's efforts to improve the recycling of used mattress components.
Ryan Trainer, Vice President and General Counsel, ISPA

How to dispose of used mattresses is an issue facing every rent-to-own company. The International Sleep Products Association will make that job a little easier with the addition of a new Sustainability section on its Website. The new section features a list of existing companies that collect and recycle used mattresses in California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon and South Carolina. ISPA will add more states as information comes available.

ISPA hopes consumers and the media will recognize that mattress producers and their suppliers are taking environmentally sound and economically practical actions to improve the long-term sustainability of the industry. With this new offering, ISPA has created a resource for its members to better appreciate the many ways they can contribute to a sustainable future.

"We've created the new Sustainability section to not only keep our members abreast of green developments that affect our industry, but to give ISPA members tools that they can use to learn more about how to improve the environmental performance of their businesses and their products," noted ISPA vice president and general counsel, Ryan Trainer. "Members can use this site to locate used mattress component recycling facilities that may be operating near them, find outlets for recycled materials they want to sell, and learn about ISPA's efforts to improve the recycling of used mattress components."

"Knowledge leads to action, and by making information readily available to the industry through this new section of our Website, hopefully more companies will pursue sustainable product offerings and practices," said Dick Doyle, ISPA president and chief executive officer.