For recyclers, there’s money in mattresses
WATERTOWN, Wis. – Bob Mudler is about to start doing business with bedbugs, dust mites, drool, sweat and dead skin cells, among others.
For the environment’s sake, somebody has to, he says.
His company, Midwest Mattress Recovery LLC in Watertown, just opened to the public. Midwest Mattress Recovery is one of only about 30 such businesses in the nation that deconstructs used mattresses then salvages the steel, wood, polyurethane foam and cotton inside them and sells the materials to global commodities markets.
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