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<DIV><FONT size=4>While wandering around the Plaza Shopping District today (NW
16th between Indiana and Blackwelder), I came across Dye's Mattress
Company. They offer custom built, new, and reconditioned box springs and
mattresses.He priced a full size set of reconditioned box springs and mattress
at $99, and said he would buy the old mattress from me for $5 if it was
reconditionable (I later found out that it was a Simmons Beautyrest mattress,
which alas isn't recyclable, he said "they are designed so they CAN'T be
rebuilt," which is a good reason it seems to me to NOT buy a new Simmons
mattress). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>He says very little of what comes in his shop ends up in a
landfill. They do all the work there in the back of their shop, and you
can choose the firmness/softness you want for the mattress. Reconditioning
involves removing the old mattress cover, doing any necessary repairs, adding
padding if necessary, sanitizing the old padding, and adding a new mattress
cover.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>So if you are shopping for a mattress, consider supporting an
important recycling business and purchase a reconditioned mattress, Harold
and Jennifer Dye at Dye's Mattress Company, 1709 NW 16th, phone 601-3635.
If you have a mattress to get rid of, before you put it out for big trash day,
talk with Harold and see if it can be reconditioned.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Robert Waldrop, who is always glad to find another recycling
business in Oklahoma City</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>