Finance

Why I paid $95 to recycle a mattress — and you might, too

The author paid a company, Renewable Recycling, to pick up and recycle his queen-size mattress in New York City.Greg IacurciI paid $95 to recycle a mattress.It may sound odd, silly even, to pay so much to dispose of a run-of-the-mill household item.But the economics of mattress recycling illustrate why it...