ISPA Testifies in Assist of Massachusetts Mattress Recycling Invoice – Worldwide Sleep Merchandise Affiliation

As ISPA beforehand reported, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Setting and Pure Assets convened a Could 6 listening to to debate a number of payments centered on recycling and strong waste. This included ISPA’s mannequin mattress recycling laws (MA H 1023), which might require the mattress business to ascertain a statewide mattress recycling program within the model of present states primarily based on MRC’s ten years of expertise. ISPA attended the listening to in particular person to testify in assist of H 1023 and clarify key variations between this well-crafted laws and two competing mattress recycling payments that ISPA opposes (MA H 3985 //MA S 614).

ISPA has submitted written testimony to the Joint Committee. As well as, ISPA will current the Mattress Recycling Council’s program and our mannequin mattress recycling laws on the June 18 assembly of Prolonged Producer Accountability Fee convened by the Massachusetts Division of Environmental Safety.

If you need so as to add your voice to the problem, there’s nonetheless time to submit your personal testimony on the payments. ISPA has a template letter of assist for producers to submit on their firm letterhead. Please contact our GA group (Alison Keane, Grant Johnson, and Marty Salamone) with any questions.