Mattress, Box Spring and Textile RECOVERY 

The MassDEP Massachusetts 2030 Solid Waste Master Plan: Working Together Toward Zero Waste establishes goals to reduce trash disposal by 30% statewide by 2030 and 90% by 2050. To help achieve these goals, MassDEP is expanding its current waste disposal bans to include mattresses, box springs, and textiles. Beginning November 1, 2022, landfills, transfer stations, and waste-to-energy facilities across the Commonwealth will no longer accept these items for disposal. Instead, mattresses and box springs must be recycled or reused, and textiles must be donated for reuse or other secondary uses. According to the regulation, as of November 1, 2022, mattresses/box springs and textiles must be recycled or reused. To comply, our trash collection in Winthrop will no longer accept mattresses, box springs, or textiles in trash collection.

MATTRESS and BOX SPRING REMOVAL & COLLECTION


Textile RecoveryDon't throw them away

All textiles are banned from trash collection per the MASSDEP. The Town of Winthrop has a textile collection agreement with CMRK, inc. to recover all textiles. Textiles include clothes, shoes, bedding, linens, curtains, hats, belts, underwear, socks, stuffed toys, costumes, and more. These items are sorted for reuse as second-hand wearables, shop rags, fiber for insulation, carpet padding, and soundproofing materials.

Textiles should never go in your recycling bin. They also do not belong in the trash, unless they are moldy, wet, or contaminated. 


Questions? Call 617-846-1341, ext. 2609. View RecycleSmartMA to find out if an item can be recycled in Massachusetts. Learn where items can go instead of the trash or recycle bin at the MassDEP Beyond the Bin website.