In a follow up story to this entry posted last time, SVDP’s mattress recycling program has already targeted hotels, universities and hospitals to transfer their old mattress to their facility and have it recycled. One thing to note though, the organization do not accept moldy and dilapidated mattresses for safety and health reasons.

SVDP is dedicated to the responsible re-use of resources, but that is only part of their purpose. Their overall mission is to assist the poor and the homeless and to provide opportunities for them to become self-sufficient. To help achieve this, SVDP also has a wood shop, an appliance shop, a glass foundry, a propane tank recycling program, a computer recycling program, and numerous other businesses. An added benefit of SVDP’s mattress recycling program is that it has created 20 new jobs.

Via GreenLodging News

Tags: mattress, MATTRESS News, MATTRESS Organic, MATTRESS Safety, mattress-donation, mattress-for-the-homeless, mattress-recycling, mattress-reuse, svdp

This entry was posted on Friday, December 21st, 2007 at 11:06 am and is filed under MATTRESS News, MATTRESS Organic, MATTRESS Safety.
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