Massachusetts Mattress Recycling Payments Scheduled for Public Listening to – Worldwide Sleep Merchandise Affiliation

The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Atmosphere and Pure Assets has scheduled a Could 6hearing to debate a number of payments targeted on recycling and stable waste. This contains ISPA’s mannequin mattress recycling laws (MA H 1023), which might require the mattress business to determine a statewide mattress recycling program within the type of current states based mostly on MRC’s ten years of expertise. As well as, two mattress recycling payments that ISPA opposes (MA H 3985 //MA S 614) might be thought-about. These payments stray from efficient and confirmed prolonged producer accountability (EPR) packages for mattresses by requiring the Massachusetts Division of Environmental Safety (DEP) to run and administer this system versus mattress producers. ISPA will testify in assist of H 1023 and clarify how H 3985 and S 614 differ drastically from profitable mattress recycling packages and the essential rules of EPR usually.

Along with the Could 6^th listening to, ISPA will current the Mattress Recycling Council’s program and our mannequin mattress recycling laws on the June 18^th assembly of Prolonged Producer Duty Fee convened by the Massachusetts DEP. As ISPA beforehand reported, the aim of this fee is to suggest prolonged producer accountability (EPR) insurance policies to the Massachusetts state legislature. Please contact ISPA’s GA Staff (Alison Keane, Grant Johnson, and Marty Salamone) you probably have any questions on ISPA’s efforts in Massachusetts.