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