How to get rid of a mattress in Demopolis, AL.

Companies that come to your home and carry the mattress out, so you need no vehicle. The prices below are starting prices unless stated — stairs, box springs and extra items add to them.

Most charities will not take a used mattress. These are the ones we checked, including the ones that say no.

• The Salvation Army (satruck.org): accepted-items list includes 'Mattresses' and beds; also says local ordinances and need vary by location and to call 1-800-SA-TRUCK to confirm what a local center accepts. Source
• Doesn’t take mattresses. Habitat for Humanity national ReStore guide: 'Mattresses and box springs are not accepted.' Source

Policies vary by branch. Call before you carry one over — we asked each of the big three directly: Goodwill, the Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity.

What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.

• The City of Demopolis's utilities and services page describes the whole of what the city says it collects, and bulky items are not in it. Under "Solid Waste Collection": "When you register for water and sewer service, you will also receive solid waste collection for household garbage. The Public Works Department collects yard trimmings and small limbs regularly. To inquire about pick-up times, call 334-289-3879." That is the entire description. The city has no public works page of its own beyond this entry, and the site's department directory carries no sanitation or solid waste department. Household garbage is bundled with the water and sewer account, which is run by the Demopolis Water Works and Sewer Board rather than by the city. Source Not confirmed: The city's own site describes only household garbage, yard trimmings and small limbs. It says nothing about furniture, appliances, bulky items or mattresses, although Sec. 11-11 of the code obliges the contractor to collect appliances and furniture. Not confirmed: Two different public works telephone numbers are published for bulky pickups across the city's and the water board's pages — 334-289-3879 and 334-654-4330 — and neither page says which is current. Not confirmed: No collection day, no set-out time and no volume limit is published.
• The hauler's own notice to Demopolis residents closes the cart route to anything the size of a mattress. WM's flyer, headed "Automated Trash Collection with 96-Gallon Cart" and addressed "Dear City of Demopolis resident", states: "Beginning immediately, we are transitioning to automated collection trucks to pick up trash." Then the rule, twice: "With automated collection, no household garbage outside the cart will be collected. Resident-owned containers cannot be serviced", and "All material must fit inside the cart with the lid firmly closed - no material outside the cart will be collected." Frequency and placement: "Trash will continue to be picked up twice weekly on your regular collection day. Use only the WM provided 96-gallon cart for trash. No other containers can be serviced." The cart "must be placed less than 3 feet from the curb or public road and at least 3 feet away from any obstacles (trees, cars, mailboxes, etc.)", wheels toward the house, "at the curb by 6 a.m. or the night before your collection day". An extra cart is ordered through the water board at (334) 289-3328 and "Additional fee applies." A mattress cannot fit inside a 96-gallon cart with the lid closed, so the WM route is not available for one and the only city answer is the appliance-and-furniture pickup that Sec. 11-11 of the code places on the contractor. Source Not confirmed: The flyer says trash is collected "twice weekly", while Marengo County's own solid waste plan describes the City of Demopolis contract as biweekly collection for 2,892 residents. The city has not reconciled the two and the flyer is the later document. Not confirmed: The flyer does not mention bulky items, furniture, appliances or mattresses at all, and does not say what a resident should do with something that will not fit the cart. Not confirmed: The flyer is undated on its face; it was posted to the water board's site in September 2024.

• ADEM recycling program page covers SWRMMA (2008): 25% waste-reduction goal, $1/ton statewide disposal fee, local recycling grants and funds to clean up illegal dump sites. No mattress-specific content. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on ADEM pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source