You can now recycle old mattresses for free in the City of PAE, and we'll even pick them up from your place!.
This new initiative is another way we are working to improve services for you, while also fighting against illegal dumping. The mattresses will be recycled by Bounce Back Mattress Recycling in Ottoway.
Once they arrive at their facility, they are manually separated to achieve the highest available level of recovery, diverting a minimum of 75% of mattress components from landfill to recycling streams. This reduces the environmental impact caused by mattresses in landfill. Each residential property can book up to 2 mattress collections per year, with a maximum of 3 mattresses per collection. This service is in addition to the regular 3 hard waste collections per year. This is for residential properties only and is not available for community groups, sports clubs, non-profits, businesses, or commercial premises.
Mattresses will be collected the week after your booking, please ensure that the booked mattresses are placed on the kerbside on Tuesday evening the week of your collection, to be collected Wednesday - Friday. You can book a free mattress collection online or by calling 8405 6600, or in person at the Civic Centre or any of our Libraries.