Recycle Mattress With a Mattress Baler
Why should mattress be recycled? Why you need a mattress baler in mattress recycling?
According to statistics from Nationwide Mattress Recycling, in the United States alone, there are nearly 4.5 million mattresses and 4.5 million box springs getting discarded every year. In the past, old mattresses are disposed in landfill, but due to mattress’ bulky size, it consumes landfill space quickly. As a matter of fact, most mattress and box spring are made up of wood, foam, fabric and metal springs which are all recyclable. With the increasing landfill pressure and environmental protection consciousness, mattress recycling has now emerged to be a promising sector within the recycling industry. Some recycling machines like mattress baler is a good help in whole mattress recycling.
During the recycling process, each mattress or box spring will be firstly cut open on the top and bottom. Along with the dismantling process, different materials are sorted and segregated. The wood can be reduced to chips and used as animal bedding, mulch, biofuel or other recycled wood products. The foam can be mixed with a binder to be used as underlay of carpets, mats, cushioning and similar products. The cotton and fabric get turned into clothes and other textile products. The metal springs can be recycled, re-melted and poured into new steel.
Most mattress and box spring recycling facilities utilizes industrial mattress baler machines to compress recovered foam, cotton, fabric, metal springs into dense and regular shaped bales in order to save space in recycling facility as well as to provide transport efficiency & bring down transportation cost. As a specialized hydraulic baler manufacturer, SINOBALER offers various designs and sizes of mattress balers suitable for baling materials recovered from mattress’ recycling process. Visit www.sinobaler.com for details of our product range. Contact us and our sales representative will recommend you an optimal baler option based on your specific baling needs.
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