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