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How do I dispose of an old mattress?
Use a bulky-waste collection, mattress-recycling programme, reuse service or recycling centre that explicitly accepts mattresses.
Complete answer
The answer
Do not leave a mattress beside a recycling container unless a scheduled municipal bulky-waste service instructs you to do so. Mattresses are large composite products and require dismantling or specialist processing.
A clean mattress in usable condition may have a reuse route. Mattresses contaminated by pests, mould, bodily fluids or chemicals can be subject to different handling restrictions.
What to do
- Check reuse first if the mattress is clean and serviceable.
- Book bulky-waste collection or find a mattress-accepting centre.
- Follow contamination or pest-control instructions where relevant.
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