Mattress Component Recycling Work Group

Charge:

To help facilitate and improve the commercial viability of responsible used mattress disposal, by:

• Consulting with existing and proposed disposal operations to understand obstacles they face, consider alternatives, and explore action that ISPA might take to advance those programs
• Engaging academic institutions to study and critique new operations and provide insights on possible markets for used materials recovered from mattress disposal operations
• Researching and compiling existing end of product life management programs for mattresses and related products
• Monitoring and engaging government policy makers and non-governmental organizations to promote industry initiatives in place of regulations that could affect used mattress disposal
• Identifying “best practices” and benchmarks for relevant end of product life management systems
• Conducting mattress component life cycle analyses to guide industry decision making
• Identifying funding and partnership opportunities from both private and government sectors
• Identifying 4-6 new markets and potential operators for future mattress disposal programs
• Setting goals and measuring performance

Work Group will report and make recommendations to ISPA’s Mattress Sustainability Steering Committee.

Work Group Members

Gene Cretsinger, See Forward
Norman Enix, Tempur Production, USA
David Goodman, Northstar Recycling Group, Inc.
Kelly Hastings, VyMaC Corporation
Mark Malkiewicz, Wickline Bedding Co., Inc.
Darrell Olson, Select Comfort Corporation
(Bob) Robert Price, Art Van Furniture
Lee Quinn, Restonic Sleep Products
Dave Rosenbrook, Slumberland Furniture
Stephen W. Willis, Quality Assurance, L&P
Dean Woods, C. J. Hodder Lumber Co.

Ex Officio Members

Henry Fisher, Duluth Minnesota Western Lake Superior Sanitary District
Paul M Kroening, Hennepin County Minnesota Dept. of Environmental Services, Solid Waste Division
Don Schomer, Bayer Material Science LLC

ISPA Staff Liaisons: Ryan Trainer