Wyoming Waste won't take mattresses, council expresses concerns

The Wyoming Waste System is no longer accepting mattresses as part of trash hauls.

During a report from Wyoming Waste Systems at Tuesday's City Council meeting, it was announced that this change has been in effect as of the second week of September. Per Solid Waste District No. 1, it was no longer cost effective for the transfer station to collect and transport mattresses as part of regular household trash disposal at the local transfer station.

Michelle Foote of Wyoming Waste Systems said, "We are asking all customers that have mattresses to transport them themselves to the Sweetwater County...