BedShred Mattress Disposal and Recycling Process

BedShred.com is dedicated to keeping your old mattresses and boxsprings out of local landfills. We achieve this through rigorous recycling and disposal methods. Each discarded item undergoes destruction and recycling, ensuring that their components are never refurbished or reintroduced into bedding materials. This initiative is carried out in partnership with Nine Lives Recycling in Pamplico, South Carolina, where materials are stored and processed. Since July 2015, our collective efforts have successfully diverted millions of pounds of mattresses and boxsprings away from nearby landfills.

Mattress recycling reduces landfill waste while conserving natural resources and energy. Additionally, it provides economic benefits by creating jobs and raising consumer awareness about responsible waste disposal. As we continue to address environmental challenges, the BedShred process is a significant step toward a more sustainable world. View pictures of the process below, and click here to schedule a mattress pick-up...

The BedShred Hauler drops mattresses off at the facility.

It's been a good run for these mattresses, but it's time to shred 'em!

The foam is baled and ready to become commercial carpet padding.

The foam is loaded onto semi-trucks and shipped to carpet manufacturers to be cleaned, processed and turned into carpet pad. Now you know where carpet padding comes from. Carpet padding is also recyclable once it serves out its term underneath our feet.

This much steel should never be buried in a landfill! The steel is shredded at the recycling facility, taken to the local scrap yard, then smelted down. There are millions of uses for recycled steel.

Boxspring wood is untreated and can be used in reclamation projects. Anything you can build with an old pallet can be built with boxspring wood. The wood is offered for free to the public and moves quickly.

This truck holds the compacted landfill waste leftover from EIGHT tractor-trailer loads of mattresses. Mattresses are a huge headache for landfills and the environment. This truckload represents the solution.