On Friday, July 15, the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture, the Zero Waste Legislative Caucus and several members of the Lawrence City Council toured the UTEC Mattress Recycling Facility located on Canal Street in Lawrence.
In 2015, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection selected UTEC as a qualified vendor to provide statewide mattress recycling services to state organizations including cities and towns. UTEC, a Lowell-based youth services organization picks up, deconstructs and recycles mattresses from many cities and towns and organizations in New England. They contract with municipalities, hotels, schools, universities, assisted living facilities and hospitals. The young adults that participate with the pick-ups and deconstruct of the mattresses at UTEC’s Lawrence facility learn valuable workplace skills.
Starting on November 1, 2022, mattresses will be banned from disposal in Massachusetts. Going forward, mattresses will be redirected to recycling facilities and downstream markets for their metal, foam, fabric, and wooden components. Each of the elements that make up a mattress has recycling potential.
UTEC currently provides mattress recycling services for the following cities and towns: Acton, Cambridge, Framingham, Hanson, Hanover, Kingston, Lowell (weekly curbside pick-up), Marblehead, Medfield, Needham, Newburyport (monthly curbside pick-up), Norwood, Pembroke, Sherborn, and Winchester. For more information or to schedule. a mattress pick-up call 978-856-3997 or 978-856-3910.
