Here if it's on private property the land owner is responsible. I often have to deal with this. City or state property then they are responsible.
Someone dumps a mattress on your property
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Not sure if it’s right or wrong. If properly disposed of, they likely just go into the landfill. A big pile of dry brush and tree limbs under the mattress gets the fire nice and hot.
Depends on the landfill. Supposedly ours is 20 bucks because the county takes them apart and recycles what they can, or sends them to where it's done. They couldn't pay me enough
To what? ....disassemble a mattress? I agree.
They have shredders and magnets.
Recycling the other materials might surprise you.
There are some fibers which can be incorporated into other products.
To disassemble yea. Suppose it could be automated. After getting boned for 20 bucks to dump a box spring I was curious what they did and watched a YouTube video. The one I watched showed them doing it by hand and getting the metal out. That would be gross.
Bedding sellers have always claimed that bedbug feces and dead insects makes up half the weight of your in-service mattress and pillows.
This is why they smolder so when you try to burn one. Now THAT'S gross.
This is why they smolder so when you try to burn one. Now THAT'S gross.
Scumbag slobs have been dumping illegally since the beginning of time, it's nothing new.
I thought mattresses were treated with a flame retardant. I guess enough fuel will burn anything.
Memory foams are the worst. They burn, but melt faster than they burn off. And the ones with gel in them are even the worster......
Ours won’t take them at allDepends on the landfill. Supposedly ours is 20 bucks because the county takes them apart and recycles what they can, or sends them to where it's done. They couldn't pay me enough
We have an annual program where you can bring 1 item to dispose.
Outside that you have to make an appointment and pay per lb
Tried burning my water bed. Flooded the joint.
Mattresses, couches, etc are all welcome at our county transfer stations. A pickup truck load mounded up to the top of the cab is $40.
I see what you did there. Smoking in bed is not safe.
The neighbor needs to thrown it out now unfortunately. Part of being a property owner…
I guess I'm lucky enough to live in a county/state where the little dropoff dumps will take anything (except antifreeze, and they take that occasionally). Tires, mattresses, appliances, they take it all. Tires and appliances have their own containers. Mattresses go in the bulk container. If the bulk container is full, they will tell you to "bring it back tomorrow" no matter what it is. I pass one on the way to work and live 3 miles from another one, so no big deal.
Except used burn barrels. Those have to go to the main landfill. I was told it was a fire safety thing and they had to destroy them with bulldozers to ensure no spark remains.
I almost got a free queen mattress a couple of months ago. A new one was sitting on the side of the interstate. Unfortunately the plastic had torn and it was raining. Darn right I stop and check out stuff like that.
Except used burn barrels. Those have to go to the main landfill. I was told it was a fire safety thing and they had to destroy them with bulldozers to ensure no spark remains.
I almost got a free queen mattress a couple of months ago. A new one was sitting on the side of the interstate. Unfortunately the plastic had torn and it was raining. Darn right I stop and check out stuff like that.
Yep, same here.
I do large tree trimmings and branches that I don’t want to cut up and put in trash container for pick up by city.
I was tired of looking at the mattresses every day this week so I dragged them onto the road and filled out the form on my cities code enforcement website page this morning. I stated someone illegally dumped two mattresses on the road, by 2pm they were gone.
Perfect!! Glad you got rid of them on their dime, not yours!
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