Cunninghame Furniture Recycling Company (CFRC) working together with North Ayrshire Council (NAC) have developed a mattress reuse project. The call for which came from increased demand for reuse mattresses. This was led by calls for mattresses through the alliance with NAC Scottish Welfare Fund (SWF) and Circular Communities Consortium.
Working with NAC Waste Services, CFRC applied for Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) Recycling Improvement Fund (RIF). This was to improve mattress recycling rates within HWRC sites and funded professional cleaning and sanitising equipment. Reuse containers, specifically for mattresses, are installed at each of NAC’s 4 Household Waste Recycling Centre’s (HWRC) sites. The 3 mainland sites will be serviced weekly and the Brodick container monthly (see below for container locations and details)
CFRC will service the containers by collecting the mattresses. This is for cleaning, sanitising and preparing them for reuse. Increasing the number of reusable mattresses saves them from landfill and fly-tipping. We will reuse or recycle 100% of collected mattresses. We will post figures every month on our Social Impacts page.
Cleaning equipment has now been bought and CFRC staff are trained on its operation. The professional cleaning of mattresses can now be done in house. CFRC have shared a 94 square metres of warehouse space to deal only with processing and storing of mattresses.
Project Expansion.
As of October 2023, CFRC with the assistance of funding from the Ayrshire Rural and Islands Ambition (ARIA) Fund and the Scottish government, have been able to expand the project by purchasing an additional Mattress cleaning machine doubling the volume of mattresses we are able to process. In addition to purchasing an additional mattress cleaning machine CFRC have also put a lot of focus into advertising & expanding the project into East and South Ayrshire as well as on the Island of Arran, leaflet drops to selected areas and posters advertising the project on the Arran ferry, at the Ardrossan and Brodick terminals and a radio advert on Irvine Beat FM with the view of diverting more reusable mattresses from landfill.
CFRC Mattress Cleaning Process.
Mattress Reuse Project
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Donate mattresses by dropping them off at containers found at local HWRC sites or use our FREE collection service. The mattress must meet the needs noted below. You can drop your mattresses off to our store in Irvine.
FREE MATTRESS UPLIFT RESTRICTIONS.
- The mattress has a fire label that has the BS7177 noted
- No rips or tears
- The mattress has not been left outside
- The mattress is not wet
- There are no signs of infestation
- No Strong odours
Please remember that as well as being able to donate mattresses, CFRC also collect reusable furniture items FREE of charge. If you have anything else you’d like to donate, please add this when finishing the donation form.
Irvine Bartonholm HWRC Site Details
Bartonholm
Please make yourself aware of the Irvine, Bartonholm area to make sure you know the set up before arriving.
Hours
Irvine Bartonholm HWRC is open daily from: 10:00am to 4:30pm (Last Entry is 4:00pm daily)
Location
Sandy Road
Irvine
KA12 8SN
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Kilbirnie HWRC Site Details
HWRC SITE
Please make yourself aware of the Kilburnie HWRC area to make sure you know the set up before arriving.
Hours
The Kilbirnie HWRC is open daily from: 10:00am to 4:30pm (Last Entry is 4:00pm daily)
Location
Paddockholm Road
Kilbirnie
KA25 7JW
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Largs HWRC Site Details
HWRC SITE
Please make yourself aware of the Largs HWRC area to make sure you know the set up before arriving.
Hours
The Largs HWRC is open daily from: 10:00am to 4:30pm (Last Entry is 4:00pm daily)
Location
Haylie Brae
Largs
KA24 5LE
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Brodick (Arran) HWRC Site Details
HWRC SITE
Please make yourself aware of the Brodick (Arran) HWRC area to make sure you know the set up before arriving.
Hours
Mon – Fri: 09:00am to 3:00pm (Last Entry is 2:45pm)
Saturday: 09:00am to 12noon (Last Entry 11:45am)
Location
Market Road
Brodick, Isle of Arran
KA27 8AU
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