This blog is designed to help our friends in the Saint Paul Hamline-Midway Neighborhood to find local places to recycle or reuse just about anything that gets into your home. This has developed out of a service need identified by HMEG (Hamline Midway Environmental Group). Please add to our knowledge base by e-mailing your information to Midwayrecycles [at] hmeg [dot] org. You can also ask a question or post a comment/answer on the "Questions and Answers" page here.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Mattress Recycling: now in SE Minneapolis offered by PPL Industries
Mattresses that would have ended up in landfills are now accepted for recycling via drop off at the below location or through or collection and pick-up service. The mattresses are then taken apart and the materials separated for recycling at the PPL Industries facility. Hennepin County is the first to offer mattress recycling in the Twin Cities. There are only two other mattress recycling programs in the United States.
PPL Industries does accept mattresses at the 15th ave. site as well as in Brooklyn Park. They can be dropped off Monday - Friday, 8-4 for a $15 charge they take checks. All size mattresses and box springs, including mattresses from futons, cribs and toddler beds. Limits and requirements: Mattresses will be recycled unless wet, soiled or dirty.
PPL Industries
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