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Hairy_Greek t1_j5wvete wrote

It’s not your city. DEP changed requirements for mattresses. Every city is scrambling to try to find and figure out what to do. MassDEP just dropped the ban and forced municipalities to try and figure it out.

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Another_Reddit t1_j5z65vj wrote

I know this is a sentiment a lot of people on Reddit have, but MassDEP didn’t just “drop the ban.” It was under development for quite a while. This article from the Massachusetts Municipal Association is from Oct 2020, when the band were first being considered: https://www.mma.org/massdep-proposes-changes-to-waste-ban-regulations/

And the municipalities aren’t alone in trying to figure this out. Besides RecyclingWorks, MassDEP has resources available to help municipalities: https://www.mass.gov/guides/mattress-recycling#-waste-ban-compliance-assistance-for-municipalities-

Not saying it’s easy, but it’s disingenuous to say MassDEP is just issuing demands then leaving everyone out to dry. We still live in a participatory democracy, albeit one that can be a little rough around the edges…

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