I found this question posted on the Internet while searching for websites related to beds and mattresses:

I’ve got a 10-year old mattress I need to get rid of. Anyone know what I can do with it?

The answers were as follows. Sadly only the first 3 answers were sensible. The rest are just plain daft.

1. Ring up your local council. They will send someone round to pick it up.
2. Phone your council’s ‘cleansing department’ and ask them to come and pick it up. On the morning of collection, throw the mattress out of the window.
3. Sometimes, the company you buy your new bed from will agree to take your old bed away and recycle it.
4. Put on a yellow coat and knock on someone’s door with a clipboard in your hand. Tell the person who answers they’ve won a mattress in a competition, but they need to arrange collection.
5. Get an angle grinder and cut the mattress up into small chunks. Load a couple of these chunks into your bin each week until there are none left.
6. Take it to the tip – preferably with your wife/girlfriend still asleep on it. That way you can kill 2 birds with one stone.
7. Put it outside on the pavement with a sign that reads ‘for sale – £30’. Someone will definitely steal it.
8. Wrap your old mattress up in the plastic that the new mattress came in, and leave it out on the street overnight. In most neighbourhoods, it’ll be stolen by morning.
9. Drop it off at a local art gallery proclaiming it to be ‘Norwegian landscapes – an abstract perspective’.
10. Wait until November then sneak the mattress on to the local bonfire.

While some of these answers are clearly ridiculous, the first 3 are your best bet. You could also try getting rid of your old mattress on Freecycle or speaking with a local charity organisation (if it isn’t in particularly bad condition).

The Millbrook Neptune

This bed offers the ultimate in sophistication. It includes the following features:

• 3000 pocket springs (as with all mattresses, this applies to the 5FT Kingsize. Smaller mattresses will have less springs and the Superking will have more)
• Natural layers of soft lamb’s wool, luxurious silk and cashmere
• 4 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders
• The mattress is lovingly finished by highly skilled craftsmen

The Millbrook Saturn

• The Millbrook Saturn offers 2500 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Luxurious natural layers of soft lambswool
• Pure latex layer provides a sleeping surface like no other
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching to the mattress borders

The Millbrook Jupiter

• The Millbrook Jupiter offers comfort and quality
• The 5FT mattress contains 2000 pocketsprings.
• Natural layers of cotton and pashmina provide a comfortable sleeping surface
• 3 rows of traditional hand side stitching provide strength and support

The Millbrook Mars

The Mars is the entry level bed in the Planets range. Like it’s counterparts, the Mars offers comfort and quality, with the following features:

• 1700 individually hand nested pocket springs
• Sumptuous cotton fillings
• Lambswool blended into the fillings to provide a deluxe sleeping surface
• The mattress is finished with 2 rows of hand side stitching.

Sizes

The Planets range is available in 4 sizes:

• 3FT – (90 x 190cm) – Single Bed
• 4FT6 – (135 x 190cm) – Double Bed
• 5FT – (150 x 200cm) – Kingsize Bed
• 6FT – (180 x 200cm) – Superking Bed

A 6FT Zip and Link model is also available.

Storage Options

• In the 3FT Single beds, a non-drawer or 2-drawer storage option is available
• In the 4FT6 and 5FT models, either non-drawer, 2 drawers, 2 drawer conti, 4 drawers or 4 drawer conti options can be chosen
• In the 6FT bed, non-drawer, 4 drawer or 4 drawer conti options are available