Everything is recycled.
The padding is ripped out, ripped up and washed,
the people who have the actual recycle mattress companies just take everything APART, then they ship it to where ever it needs to go.
I was thinking maybe if we took that idea one step further and just started recycling our old mattresses and getting a newly MADE one from the old scrap...
Here's an example:
http://www.bedbusters.com/