31 March 2009

Leading Sydney recycler WSN Environmental Solutions and Dreamsafe Recycling have experienced great success with their mattress recycling program, with Sydney residents dropping off 22,000 mattresses at WSN sites throughout Sydney.

WSN Environmental Solutions CEO Ken Kanofski congratulated Sydney residents on their enthusiasm for recycling, saying their efforts helped to boost resource recovery and divert waste from landfill.

“By recycling mattresses, we are able to recover valuable resources like coil springs that can be melted down and on-sold to manufacturers, wood that can be used to make biofuels and foam that can be used to make carpet underlay,” Mr Kanofski said.

“Recycling 22,000 of these mattresses also means that we are saving thousands of cubic metres of airspace in landfill.

“We would like to thank Sydney residents for making the effort to hand in their old mattresses and encourage them to keep up the good work.”

Under the program, Dreamsafe Recycling collects old and unwanted mattresses from WSN’s sites and extracts metal, wood and foam, while mattresses that are still in good condition are restored and sold for re-use by hostels and motels.

Mr Munro said the program is helping Sydneysiders take another small but important step in the fight against climate change.

“Sydney residents are becoming increasingly conscious of their environmental footprint and they want to see that nothing is wasted when they dispose of unwanted household goods,” Mr Kanofski said.

Residents can drop off their unwanted mattresses at WSN’s facilities at Artarmon, Auburn, Belrose, Chullora, Eastern Creek, Rockdale, Ryde, Seven Hills and Jacks Gully (Narellan). For further information, click here or phone WSN Environmental Solutions on 1300 651 116.