Mattress disposal - provision and methods in Wales
Good afternoon,
Please see below, 11 questions relating to mattress disposal in your area:
1. Do you accept mattresses at the majority/all your HWRCs? Please answer yes or no.
2. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress?
3. How are most of the mattress materials and components disposed of from HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts)
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery
4. Do you offer a collection service for mattresses? Please answer yes or no.
5. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress?
6. If yes, how are most of the mattress materials and components disposed of from collections? Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts)
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery
7. Does your authority have plans to revise how mattresses are disposed of in the next 12 months? Please answer yes or no.
8. If yes, how do you plan to dispose of mattresses in future?
9. Do you signpost households to private sector mattress recycling providers in your region? Please answer yes or no.
10. If yes, please list providers.
11. Where possible, please provide a URL(s) for any pages on your council website which provide information to residents about mattress disposal.
Yours faithfully,
Emma Kilmurray
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Jacquelyn Tranter
Complaints/FOI Assistant Team Leader / Arweinydd Tîm Cynorthwyol -
Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau
Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen
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Dear Emma,
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your email dated 06/09/23 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am now in a position to respond to
your questions as follows:
Please see below, 11 questions relating to mattress disposal in your area:
1. Do you accept mattresses at the majority/all your HWRCs? Please answer
yes or no. Yes
2. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress? No charge to public
3. How are most of the mattress materials and components disposed of from
HWRCs?
Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts) Yes
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery Some of the cloth elements
are send to energy from waste
4. Do you offer a collection service for mattresses? Please answer yes or
no. Yes
5. If yes, what is the charge in £ per mattress? £29 for three items
6. If yes, how are most of the mattress materials and components disposed
of from collections? Please select one option:
a) Sent for recycling (i.e., separated into component parts) Yes
b) Sent for landfill
c) Sent for incineration for energy recovery Some of the cloth elements
are send to energy from waste
7. Does your authority have plans to revise how mattresses are disposed
of in the next 12 months? Please answer yes or no. No
8. If yes, how do you plan to dispose of mattresses in future? Depends on
the market but will continue to recycle them
9. Do you signpost households to private sector mattress recycling
providers in your region? Please answer yes or no. No not aware of any in
the Borough
10. If yes, please list providers.
11. Where possible, please provide a URL(s) for any pages on your council
website which provide information to residents about mattress disposal.
[1]Bulky household items | Torfaen County Borough Council
[2]Household Waste Recycling Centre | Torfaen County Borough Council
[3]New Inn Household Waste Recycling Centre Site Plan (torfaen.gov.uk)
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Jacquelyn Tranter
Complaints/FOI Assistant Team Leader / Arweinydd Tîm Cynorthwyol -
Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth
Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau
Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen
Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742774
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