MRC 2019 Conn Annual Report FINAL.Indd
07/01/2018 18 CONNECTICUT ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY Mattress Recycling Council Connecticut, LLC 501 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 SUBMITTED TO 19 Connecticut Department of Energy 06/30/2019 & Environmental Protection 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106 SUBMITTED ON October 15, 2019 ® This year, MRC’s Connecticut Bye Bye Mattress Program collected 184,190 mattresses and diverted more than 2,963 tons of material from disposal. — ii — TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary & Definitions pg. 1 Education & Outreach pg. 7 Performance Goals & Evaluation pg. 28 Recommendations for Change pg. 44 Conclusion pg. 46 APPENDIX A •2018-2019 Fiscal Year (covering July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019) pg. 49 APPENDIX B • Collection Participants pg. 56 APPENDIX C • Stakeholder Outreach pg. 58 APPENDIX D • Registered Producers pg. 59 — iii — The mattress industry created the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), a nonprofit organization, to develop and administer the Bye Bye Mattress Program. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & DEFINITIONS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & DEFINITIONS Pursuant to Section 2(j) of Connecticut Public Act 13-42, as amended (the Act), as codified at Sections 22a-905a, et seq. of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Mattress Recycling Council Connecticut, LLC (MRC) submits to the Connecticut Department of Energy and En- vironmental Protection (DEEP) this Annual Report. The Report provides the requested data on the results that MRC achieved in administering the Connecticut mattress stewardship program (the Program) during the state’s 2019 Fiscal Year (July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019) (the Reporting Period). OVERVIEW OF MATTRESS RECYCLING COUNCIL CONNECTICUT, LLC The Act requires that mattress producers form a “council” that develops a statewide Pro- gram to collect mattresses and box springs (collectively units) discarded in Connecticut.
[Show full text]