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16 California Annual Report 20 CALIFORNIA ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY Mattress Recycling Council 501 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 SUBMITTED TO Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) 1001 I Street—P.O. Box 4025 16 Sacramento, CA 95812 SUBMITTED ON June 30, 2017 REVISED ON October 20, 2017 MRC received nearly one million units and diverted nearly 30 million pounds of material from disposal. This Report is organized to follow the individual provisions of 14 CCR § 18964(b) as follows: TABLE OF CONTENTS Contact Information 14 CCR § 18964(b)(1) .............................................................................. pg. 5 Executive Summary 14 CCR § 18964(b)(2) .............................................................................. pg. 6 Participating Manufacturers, Renovators and Retailers, & Brands 14 CCR § 18964(b)(4) ......... pg. 12 Used Mattress Collection, Transport, and Processing 14 CCR § 18964(b)(3, 5, & 6) ............. pg. 14 Abandoned Mattress Management 14 CCR § 18964(b)(7) ..................................................... pg. 22 Plan Objectives and Activities 14 CCR § 18964(b)(8) .............................................................. pg. 26 Plan Objectives & Program Progress ........................................................................... pg. 27 (A) Quantitative information on subdivisions (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), and (j) of section 42990.1 of the Public Resources Code ............................................... pg. 27 (b) Quantity of mattresses disposed of in solid waste landfills ............................... pg. 30 (c) Quantity of discarded used mattresses collected for recycling in the Program ...... pg. 30 (d) Quantity of used mattresses collected for recycling from different sources ........ pg. 31 (e) Quantity of each category of materials recycled ............................................... pg. 32 (f) Uses for recycled materials ............................................................................. pg. 32 (g) Quantity of otherwise disposed of material ...................................................... pg. 34 (j) Total volume, number, and weight of used mattresses collected recycled, renovated, and reused ........................................................................... pg. 37 (B) Qualitative and/or quantitative information on subdivisions (g), (l), and (m) of section 42987.1 of the Public Resources Code: ......................................................... pg. 38 (g) Research to improve used mattress collection, dismantling, and recycling operations ...................................................................................... pg. 38 (l) Participation of urban and rural local governments and solid waste facilities ....... pg. 40 and operations in mechanism to recover illegally disposed used mattresses (m) Collection of used mattresses from low-income communities .......................... pg. 41 — 3 — TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont.) Financing Mechanism 14 CCR § 18964(b)(9) ........................................................................... pg. 42 (A) Mattress recycling charge per mattress size ........................................................... pg. 43 (B) Capital costs ......................................................................................................... pg. 44 (C) Education/Outreach costs ...................................................................................... pg. 44 (D) Line items end-of-life used mattress management costs ......................................... pg. 44 (E) Program administration costs ................................................................................. pg. 44 (F) Description of changes to mattress recycling charge during first 12 months .............. pg. 45 Education and Outreach 14 CCR § 18964(b)(10) ...................................................................... pg. 46 Audits 14 CCR §18964(b)(11) ................................................................................................... pg. 70 Advisory Committee Report 14 CCR § 18964(b)(12) ................................................................ pg. 72 APPENDIX A • Registered Manufacturers, Renovators and Retailers, & Brands ................. pg. 75 APPENDIX B • Collection Sites, Recyling Facilities & Collection Events .............................. pg. 109 APPENDIX C • Program Operations Materials ...................................................................... pg. 119 APPENDIX D • Education & Outreach Examples ................................................................... pg. 128 APPENDIX E • 2016 MRC Independent Financial Audit Report ............................................ pg. 132 APPENDIX F • Advisory Committee Report ........................................................................... pg. 159 — 4 — CONTACT INFORMATION 14 CCR § 18964(B)(1) CALRECYCLE REGULATIONS 14 CCR § 18964(b)(1) – Contact information. Identify the corporate officer of the mattress recycling organization responsible for annual report submittal. Ryan Trainer, President Mattress Recycling Council 501 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 [email protected] Phone 1.855.229.1691 CALRECYCLE REGULATIONS 14 CCR § 18964(b)(2) – The purpose of the Executive Summary is to provide a broad understanding of the mattress recycling organization’s program as a whole and to put into context the data and information that will follow. Provide a brief description of the mattress recycling organization’s used mattress recovery efforts during the calendar year pursuant to section 18962. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 14 CCR § 18964(B)(2) A. Overview of Mattress Recycling Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) Council certified MRC as the mattress recycling organization on July 2, 2014. On California’s Used Mattress Recovery & July 1, 2015, MRC proposed a statewide Recycling Act (as amended), Cal. Pub. mattress recycling plan (the Plan), Res. Code § 42985 et seq (the Code), which described MRC’s goals and how requires that mattress producers, it intended to achieve them. CalRecycle through a certified “mattress recycling conditionally approved the Plan on organization,” create a statewide Oct. 1, 2015, and formally approved recycling program (the Program) the Plan on Jan. 29, 2016, which then to collect and recycle mattresses became the Program. and foundations (units) discarded in the state. The Code also provides In promoting the Program among that the Program will be funded by a consumers, MRC has branded itself visible recycling charge collected from as “Bye Bye Mattress.” consumers and other purchasers on the sale of each mattress and foundation In addition to California, MRC also purchased for use in the state. The administers statewide mattress recycling organization will use the recycling programs in two other charge to collect, transport, and recycle states, Connecticut and Rhode Island. mattresses discarded in the state, Each of the three state programs has combat illegal dumping, and educate similar goals: consumers and the industry about the Code and benefits of mattress recycling. • Develop an effective statewide network of mattress collection The International Sleep Products and recycling locations Association created the Mattress • Increase the number of mattresses Recycling Council (MRC), a non-profit recycled in each state organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, • Reduce the impact of illegally to develop and administer the Program. dumped mattresses on local The California Department of Resources communities — 7 — • Educate consumers, retailers, Appliance Repair, Home Furnishing and other stakeholders about and Thermal Insulation. the Program • MRC created an initiative to • Minimize recycling costs for reimburse retailers for administrative consumers and governments costs they incurred in complying with the Program. MRC approved B. First Year Program Highlights 120 claims that ranged from updating retailers’ computer The Program began on Dec. 30, 2015. systems to display and apply the For its first year of operation, MRC charge, to developing custom focused on implementing an efficient reports or processes to track data and integrated mattress collection and needed for monthly reporting. processing network that would allow the Program to expand in future years. Program Funding In 2016, MRC achieved most of the • MRC developed a comprehensive goals set in the Program. The following financial plan and budget projecting summarizes our 2016 accomplishments: costs to develop, launch, and maintain the statewide recycling effort. The budget was externally Mattress Retailer, Manufacturer, audited and approved by and Renovator Registration CalRecycle. To fund the Program, an $11 charge is applied to the sale • MRC developed, launched, and of all mattresses and foundations maintained an online portal for in California. obligated mattress sellers to register, report, and remit collected • The $11 charge provided revenue charges to MRC. of $42,262,506 in 2016. • MRC continued its industry outreach • 2016 Program expenses were to educate mattress retailers, $19,479,667with expense allocated manufacturers, and renovators to cost categories including about California’s law and the collection, transportation, recycling, requirements that these parties education and outreach, illegal have (for example, retailers’ charge dumping initiatives, administration, collection and no-cost take-back and CalRecycle oversight. obligations). This included multiple
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