Beginning November 1, 2022, Massachusetts has updated their list of "Waste Ban" items to include mattresses, box springs and textiles which means landfills, transfer stations and waste-to-engery facilities across the Commonwealth will no longer accept these items for disposal. Instead they must be recycled or reused, and textiles must be donated for reuse or other secondary uses.
Massachusetts has a statewide plan to reduce waste 30 percent by 2030. Massachusetts residents get rid of almost 300,000 mattresses and box springs and nearly 230,000 tons of textiles every year. That's a real waste as 75 percent of what's in a mattress can be recycled and 95 percent of textiles can be reused or repurposed.
Effectively immediately, mattresses and box springs will no longer be picked up by the towns trash hauler E. L. Harvey & Sons.
All Plainville residents, regardless of if they are on the municipal trash program, can contact the Towns contracted vendor Hand Up for collection options. The cost for curbside collection is $50.00 for each mattress or each box spring. Collection will occur one time per month and payment is made directly to Hand Up.
Hand Up can be reached at www.handupmattress.com, email at info@handupus.org or call 774-271-8744.
Textiles should be brought to the many drop off boxes that are located around town. To support the Plainville Schools, they can be brought to the Wood Elementary School at 72 Messenger Street.
