Nearly a dozen employees of a Fresno warehouse that took in hundreds of used mattresses and box springs each week for recycling are waiting to hear when – or if – they will receive their final paychecks after being laid off with no warning.
In the meantime, about 250,000 mattresses are sitting in storage in Fresno as wrangling continues over whether they will be recycled or dumped.
Blue Marble Materials, the largest processor in California’s official mattress recycling program, closed down operations at its Fresno intake warehouse on Sept. 26 amid a dispute over the Commerce-based company’s ability to live up to its contract with the Mattress Recycling Council.
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