Mike has over 25 years' experience managing recycling programs for a variety of product categories including household hazardous waste, paint, electronics, mercury containing lights and mattresses. As Managing Director for the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC), he is responsible for legislatively mandated statewide mattress collection programs in Connecticut, Rhode Island and California. MRC launched the California program in 2015 and has since recycled over 5 million mattresses. The program has demonstrated success through convenient access to mattress recycling, a comprehensive education and outreach strategy and high landfill diversion rate.
Mattress Stewardship - Successes and Challenges Mike O'Donnell will provide a 4-year historical overview of the Mattress Recycling Council's California program focused on key metrics including convenience, recycling rate, education and outreach and the programs landfill diversion rate. He will also discuss challenges with secondary markets for mattress commodities and MRC's Research Program which is key to sustaining growth.