A powerful social enterprise business renewing our community by annually employing 100+ people overcoming barriers to employment, turning mattress waste into new products, and supporting a cleaner planet.
Providing paths to rejoin the workforce
We provide immediate, full-time, transitional jobs that include: training, coaching, and support for people overcoming barriers to employment and re-entering the community.
Recycling mattresses & box springs
We break down mattresses before they go to landfills, then recycle or resell the parts that are needed the most.
Making it easy with drop-offs & pick-ups
We make it easy to recycle your mattress with the option to drop-off or schedule a pick-up directly at your home.
Working with cities & counties
Working with cities & counties: Our biggest partners in the effort to recycle as much as possible, are local cities and counties.
Location & Logistics
Feel free to drop off your items at our location for the base recycling fee. For an additional fee, we will pick up directly from your home/business. To estimate the additional pick-up fee, enter your ZIP code below:
Our Address
1179 15th Avenue SE Minneapolis, MN 55414
Our Hours Monday — Friday
8:00 AM — 3:30 PM
Our Hours Monday — Friday
8:00 AM — 3:30 PM
Second Chance Recycling In Action
By recycling 60,000 mattresses a year, Second Chance Recycling keeps the equivalent of a full year of waste from over 2,500 households out of landfills.
Learn more about how we do it here.
Read Their Stories
Kenrick
Kenrick overcame a criminal background by taking a trainee position at Second Chance Recycling that turned into a permanent supervisor position.
“EMERGE is the place that trusted me. There aren’t many organizations willing to believe people with a record are trustworthy, but EMERGE did and now I intend to prove them right.”