What is the Mattress Recycling Fee?Updated 2 years ago

If you’re living in California, Connecticut or Rhode Island you may notice that there is a Mattress Recycling Fee added to your order, this fee is assessed by the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC).

The Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) is a non-profit organization formed to operate the Bye Bye Mattress recycling programs in states that have enacted mattress recycling laws—California, Connecticut and Rhode Island. This means the retailer, in this case, Essentia, collects a small fee at checkout for each mattress and foundation sold in any of these states. Then the fees are transferred to the state to fund their recycling program. 

We must by law collect these fees, the state is the one that approves the amount of each fee which is not set or controlled by us, the retailer.

The fees will show on your order based on state as follows per 

• MRC Fee - CA  $10.50 - per mattress and foundation
• MRC Fee - CT  $11.75 - per mattress and foundation
• MRC Fee - RI   $16.00 - per mattress and foundation

Here at Essentia, we know that Mother Nature knows best! That’s why our organic mattresses are made using materials that come from the earth, not a chemical plant. 

Did you know that since our products are sourced from the earth, and return to it after it’s been used? Yup, all Essentia mattresses are also biodegradable when fully exposed to the elements – wind, rain, sun – consistently over a three year period. We recognize that most mattresses aren’t like this, which is why we think the Mattress Recycling Council’s initiative is great.