Mattress Recycling Laws Advances in Virginia » BedTimes Journal

In Virginia, a mattress recycling invoice (HB 86) supported by the Worldwide Sleep Merchandise Affiliation had a public listening to on Wednesday, Feb. 4, within the state Home Agriculture, Chesapeake, and Pure Assets Committee’s Pure Assets Subcommittee. 

ISPA attended the listening to in Richmond and testified in help of this laws. Importantly, HB 86 follows the construction that has enabled the Mattress Recycling Council to function successfully in different states, whereas permitting for the pliability wanted to make this system a hit within the commonwealth. 

The invoice handed the subcommittee 9-1 and the total ACNR Committee 19-3 on Wednesday, Feb. 11. At press time, ISPA is hopeful that with the bipartisan, optimistic ACNR report that HB 86 will go a flooring vote in theVirginia Home of Delegates and proceed to the State Senate. 

This progress builds on conversations that started in 2024. Since then, ISPA has labored carefully with the invoice sponsor, Delegate Amy Laufer, and different stakeholders, together with the Virginia Division of Environmental High quality, waste administration entities, and environmental teams, to construct a coalition of help round HB 86. ISPA is drawing on the MRC’s profitable applications in California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Oregon to assist construct the case that the sensible and constant framework outlined in HB 86 will work for Virginia.