20 CALIFORNIA ANNUAL REPORT SUBMITTED BY Mattress Recycling Council California, LLC 501 Wythe Street Alexandria, VA 22314 SUBMITTED TO Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) 1001 I Street 19 Sacramento, CA 95812 SUBMITTED ON September 1, 2020 Table of Contents Contact Information 14 CCR § 18964(b)(1) ................................................................ 5 Executive Summary 14 CCR § 18964(b)(2) ................................................................ 7 Overview of the Mattress Recycling Council California, LLC .................................... 8 Year Four Program Highlights ................................................................................... 8 Collection Network and Program Access............................................................. 9 Statewide Collection and Disposition................................................................. 10 Sleep Products Sustainability Program ............................................................. 10 Illegal Dumping ...................................................................................................11 Research ............................................................................................................11 Consumer Education and Outreach .................................................................. 12 Program Collection, Transportation and Processing 14 CCR § 18962(a)(2)(A), 14 CCR § 18964(b)(3, 5, 6, 7 & 8A) & Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42987.1(i) & § 42990.1(f) .. 13 Mattress Collection.................................................................................................. 15 Collection Channels ........................................................................................... 16 Collection Site Types ......................................................................................... 18 Collection Site Mattress Management ............................................................... 22 Mattress Transportation .......................................................................................... 23 Mattress Processing and Recycling ........................................................................ 24 Recycler Procedures ......................................................................................... 24 Uses for Recycled Materials .............................................................................. 24 Materials Management/Waste Hierarchy ........................................................... 27 Coordination With Existing Infrastructure ................................................................ 37 Existing Used Mattress Collection Programs..................................................... 37 Existing Recycling Programs, Including Nonprofit Mattress Recyclers ............. 39 MRC’s Coordination with Existing Mattress Collectors and Recyclers to Efficiently Deliver Services ................................................................................ 40 1 Table of Contents (Cont.) Program Objectives and Activities 14 CCR § 18962(a)(2)(B), 14 CCR § 18964(b) (8, 13), 14 CCR § 18964 (b)(8)(A & B), Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42987.5(a)(1)(B, C & D) & (b), § 42990.1(b, c, d, e, g, j, l & o)............................................................................ 41 Convenience ........................................................................................................... 44 Residential Access............................................................................................. 45 Rural County Access ......................................................................................... 48 Environmental Justice Community Access ........................................................ 49 Coordination with CalEPA Environmental Justice Task Force ........................... 51 Coordination with Other Parties ......................................................................... 52 Education and Outreach .................................................................................... 52 Retailer Access .................................................................................................. 53 Commercial Volume Program ............................................................................ 55 Residents’ Access to All No-Cost Mattress Disposal Options ............................ 56 Consumer Incentive Payment............................................................................ 57 Program Collection and Disposition Data ............................................................... 58 Program Collection Data.................................................................................... 58 Program Disposition Data .................................................................................. 59 Management of Mattresses Abandoned by Former Recycler............................ 63 Addressing Revisions to Prior Years Data ......................................................... 64 Good Faith Effort ............................................................................................... 65 Statewide Collection and Disposition Data ............................................................. 68 Mitigation of Illegal Mattress Dumping 14 CCR § 18964(b)(7), § 18964(b)(8)(B) & Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42987.1(l).................................................. 71 Illegally Dumped Mattress Collection Initiative ........................................................ 72 2019 Results ...................................................................................................... 73 Data Analysis ..................................................................................................... 77 Participant Outreach and Retention................................................................... 81 Next Steps ......................................................................................................... 81 Supplemental Strategies ......................................................................................... 82 Develop Technical Expertise .............................................................................. 82 Projects to Address Illegal Dumping .................................................................. 84 Funding Support for Projects to Proactively Address Illegal Dumping .............. 89 Research 14 CCR § 18964(b)(8)(B) & Cal. Pub. Res. Code § 42987.1(g) ................ 91 Mattress Collection Facility Improvement Funding ................................................. 93 Cycle 1C Funding .............................................................................................. 93 Cycle 2C Funding .............................................................................................. 93 2 Table of Contents (Cont.) Transportation Efficiency Project ............................................................................ 95 Short-Term Recommendations .......................................................................... 96 Medium-Term Recommendations ...................................................................... 96 Long-Term Recommendations........................................................................... 97 Lean Manufacturing Assessment of MRC Recyclers .............................................. 97 Pocketed Coil Separation Project ........................................................................... 98 Locating Wood Recycling Options for California Mattress Recyclers ..................... 99 Future Areas of Interest......................................................................................... 100 Battery and Superconductor Exploratory Study............................................... 100 Analysis of Metals Recovered from Mattress Recycling Processes ................ 100 Development of Mattress Fluff End Uses with Alternative Recycling Processes ........................................................................................................ 100 Life Cycle Assessment..................................................................................... 101 Lean Assessments — Phase 2 ........................................................................ 101 Circular Economy .................................................................................................. 101 Gasification and Pyrolysis ..................................................................................... 102 Financing Mechanism 14 CCR § 18964(b)(9)......................................................... 105 Revenue from the Mattress Recycling Charge ..................................................... 106 Capital Costs ......................................................................................................... 107 Education and Outreach Costs ............................................................................. 108 End-of-Life Used Mattress Management Costs .................................................... 109 Collection Costs ............................................................................................... 109 Illegally Dumped Mattress Collection Initiative .................................................110 Transportation ...................................................................................................111 Recycling ..........................................................................................................111 Program Administration Costs................................................................................112