Daly City is Awarded Illegal Dumping Funds from Mattress Recycling Council

The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) has awarded Daly City funds to combat the illegal dumping of mattresses in the community.

"We are very grateful to the Mattress Recycling Council for awarding Daly City the funding to jumpstart the project and help combat illegal dumping," said Juslyn C. Manalo, Mayor of Daly City. "These funds will further allow us to create clean and environmentally responsible communities and address illegal dumping in our vibrant underserved neighborhoods."

Starting in 2021, MRC encouraged communities harmed by illegal mattress dumping to propose pilot projects to address the problem. So far, MRC has funded projects in Berkeley, San Jose, Palmdale and San Rafael to support their innovative efforts to combat illegal dumping.

The illegal dumping prevention project in Daly City will span over 8 months and will directly bring resources to the community members most in need in the form of hyper-local neighborhood mattress collection events that offer curbside mattress pickup in 12 different neighborhoods. The curbside mattress pickups will specifically focus efforts on addressing illegal dumping hotspots and concentrations of multi-family dwellings.

These funds and the efforts made by this project will help to make mattress recycling accessible to all members of the Daly City community.

"We are pleased to work with Daly City in their efforts to combat illegal dumping, promote sustainability, and make mattress recycling more accessible to their community members," said Taylor Grimes, Illegally Dumped Mattress Collection Initiative Coordinator at the Mattress Recycling Council. "All Californians have access to mattress recycling but we want to make sure that all communities have equitable access to easily recycle their unwanted mattress."