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Old mattresses are seen before they’re crushed by a baler at the Blue Marble Materials recycling center in San Leandro, Calif., on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. The Bye Bye Mattress program kicked off in Jan. 2016 to help rid landfills, streets and waterways of discarded mattresses. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group)

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