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.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has required the Mattress Recycling Council Oregon, LLC (“MRC”) to notify all retailers participating in MRC’s Oregon mattress stewardship program (“Program”) that Oregon consumers must not be charged a mattress stewardship assessment (the fee) when purchasing a renovated mattress or foundation. However, retailers must continue to report the number of renovated units sold each month.

Additionally, DEQ has instructed MRC to inform retailers who have collected the stewardship assessment (the fee) on any renovated mattress or foundation to issue a refund to the consumer.

This notification does not change any other obligations for reporting or collection of fees under the Program. MRC will update retailers if there is any change to this policy.

We provide the following to help you inform your customers about the stewardship assessment and available collection opportunities.

Posters & Cards

A package of customer education materials has been mailed to each Oregon retailer registered as of December 5, 2024. For retailers who registered after December 5, 2024, packages will be mailed on December 26th.

These materials will include posters to display in your store and information cards to hand out or provide with purchases.

If you need additional materials or have not yet received your package, please use the links below to access digital information to print or add to your website for your customers.

• Store posters – choice of size and language
• Information cards – choice of language
• Customer materials reorder form

Digital Badge/Button

MRC also provides a badge that can be used on your website, emails, social media or other forms of digital customer communication or marketing materials. Fill out this form to receive your Learn More About the Program badge.

Program Fact Sheet and Frequently Asked Questions

We prepared this document to help you, your staff and customers navigate frequently asked questions. It may be updated as the program is rolled out and implemented.

Oregon Program Fact Sheet and FAQs

For additional information, please contact us at info@mrc-us.org or 1-855-229-1691.

We look forward to partnering with our retailer community to create another successful recycling program!