GREENSBORO, NC -- Most of us don't pay much attention to the floor and what is under it. But a Greensboro business is turning old mattresses into flooring.
Bedex and Purpose Recycling is one of the few companies in the country that recycles mattresses.
"We take mattress, box springs or any other bedding components," says Robert Savino, president of Bedex and Purpose Recycling.
The company breaks the mattresses down to all of their individual components.
"There is the outside part - the ticking - that can be a variety of materials from cotton to synthetics. There's cotton, different types of foam, fibers, steel and all of that is re-usable in other industries," says Robert.
A lot of the foam goes to carpet manufactures for the padding that goes underneath carpets. Most of the metal is removed and separated from the rest of the other component parts and that actually goes right back to the steel mills.
Bedex and Purpose Recycling currently works with more than 40 counties in the state of North Carolina alone.
You can get rid of old mattresses for for free this weekend at the Clean and Green event. This is for all Guilford County residents. It's from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm Saturday, June 13 at the City of High Point's Mendenhall Transportation Terminal at 220 East Commerce Ave.
Along with mattresses you can drop off old tires, appliances, outdated computers, unused paint, pesticides, hazardous waste and electronic waste. You can even shred up to give file boxes of documents - all for free.
