On January 1, 2026, the fee for mattress and foundation sales in Rhode Island will increase to $22.50 per unit sold. Beginning with the January 2026 reporting period, the reporting portal will calculate your recycling fee at $22.50 per unit sold or refunded.

Sales made in 2025 which are not expected to be delivered in 2026 must be included in your November 2025 or December 2025 fee reports to be calculated at the current rate of $20.50.

Please contact support@mrc-us.org if you have any questions.

Refunds for sales made in December 2025 must be reported for the amount collected at the time of sale: $20.50.

The option to select the proper rate will be available when you submit your January 2026 report.

For additional questions, please contact support@mrc-us.org or 1-888-646-6815.

In accordance with California state laws – Chapter 388 (2013), Chapter 371 (2014), and Chapter 673 (2019), the California mattress recycling fee that must be collected by retailers and other sellers on all mattresses, futons and foundations sold for use in California will increase from $16.00 to $18.00 per unit sold on or after April 1, 2026. This fee adjustment reflects increases to third party labor, transportation, and operational costs.

What You Need to Know

• The $18.00 fee applies per unit, regardless of size or type (mattress, futon or foundation).
• The fee is not subject to sales tax.
• The fee must appear as a separate line item on all receipts, whether sold in-store or online.
• The full amount must be remitted to the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) via MRCreporting.org.

Who Must Comply

All entities selling mattresses or foundations to end users must collect and remit the fee, including:

• Brick-and-mortar retailers
• Online sellers (including marketplace sellers)
• Commercial volume sellers (e.g., hotels, hospitality facilities, boarding schools, colleges and universities, nursing homes, medical centers)

System Update Required

Please update your point-of-sale systems to reflect the new fee amount before April 1, 2026. MRCreporting.org will automatically calculate the remittance amount due as: $18.00 × number of units sold.

Resources & Support

Updated customer education materials will be mailed to registered California retailers in March 2026 and made available to download from the resources library on MattressRecyclingCouncil.org.

About MRC

The Mattress Recycling Council is a nonprofit organization that operates its Bye Bye Mattress program in states with legislatively mandated mattress recycling laws. Since 2016, MRC has recycled over 13 million mattresses in California, diverting more than 490 million pounds of material from the waste stream.

Questions?

📧 Email: info@mrc-us.org
📞 Call: 855-229-1691

In accordance with Rhode Island General Law §23-90, the mattress recycling fee will increase from $20.50 to $22.50 per unit for all mattresses and foundations sold in Rhode Island on or after January 1, 2026. This fee adjustment reflects increased third-party transportation and operational costs.

What You Need to Know

• The $22.50 fee applies per unit, regardless of size or type (mattress or foundation).
• The fee is subject to sales tax.
• The fee must appear as a separate line item on all receipts, whether sold in-store or online.
• The full amount must be remitted to the Mattress Recycling Council (MRC) via MRCreporting.org.

Who Must Comply

All entities selling mattresses or foundations to end users must collect and remit the fee, including:

• Brick-and-mortar retailers
• Online sellers (including marketplace sellers)
• Commercial volume sellers (e.g., hotels, hospitality facilities, boarding schools, colleges and universities, nursing homes, medical centers)

System Update Required

Please update your point-of-sale systems to reflect the new fee amount by January 1, 2026. When reporting 2026 sales, MRCreporting.org will automatically calculate the remittance as: $22.50 × number of units sold.

Customer Education Material

Updated customer education materials will be distributed to registered retail locations in December and available to download from the resources library on MattressRecyclingCouncil.org.

About MRC

The Mattress Recycling Council is a nonprofit organization that operates the Bye Bye Mattress program in states with mattress recycling laws. Since 2016, MRC has recycled over 700,000 mattresses in Rhode Island, diverting more than 12,500 tons of material from the state’s Central Landfill.

Questions?

📧 Email: info@mrc-us.org
📞 Call: 855-229-1691

Late Reporting: Fee will increase from $25 to $50 per late Fee Report

Effective September 1, 2025, a retailer that is more than 30 days late in submitting a Fee Report to MRC will be assessed a late fee of $50 per Fee Report for each reporting period in which a Fee Report is not filed. The late fee is assessed on the 31st day following the reporting period for the Fee Report and all subsequent reporting periods until the Fee Report is filed.

Late Fee Remittance: Interest will increase from 1% to 1.25%

Effective September 1, 2025, a retailer that fails to remit its fees to MRC within 30 days following the reporting period will be assessed interest on these fees at a rate of 1.25% per month (compounded monthly), calculated as of the 31st day following the reporting period.

The Fee Policy will be updated to reflect the changes as of September 1, 2025.

If you have outstanding Fee Reports or fee remittances due to MRC, please take this opportunity to input all reports and make outstanding payments no later than August 31 to avoid the increased fee charges.

Please contact support@mrc-us.org or call 1-888-646-6815 for further assistance.