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How to get rid of a mattress in Dothan, AL.
6 local options.
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Houston County, Alabama · 29 options, 9 free · checked Sep 29, 2026
Researched from each provider's own pages and approved for publication by Tim Sumerfield, who has worked in mattress recycling for over a decade. How we check these listings
6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Dothan
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Dothan (our Dothan mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout AlabamaBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in DothanBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Dothan2 places that take mattresses, nearest 21 miles awayFrom $5
- 4Junk removal options serving Dothan4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Dothan20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Dothan2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Dothan rules · Houston County · Alabama rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Dothan
Use our Dothan mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Alabama. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Dothan division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.
From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Dothan
Dothan’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
City of Dothan weekly curbside trash collection (code names mattresses and bedsprings)
Residential customers of the City of Dothan Environmental Services Division inside the city limits, who pay the monthly refuse charge of $14.75 set by Sec. 82-96(a). Sec. 82-20(a) gives the entitlement to "each residential establishment".
Conditions and source
Sec. 82-20(f): "Certain bulky refuse items, such as appliances, stoves, refrigerators, water tanks, washing machines, dryers, furniture, mattresses, bedsprings, and air conditioners shall be collected by the city when placed curbside on the scheduled trash collection day." Collected "not more than once a week" on the public works director's schedule and "from curbside only". No booking step is published. One pile per residence; excessively large piles may not be collected. Bulky refuse must be separated from garbage and from yard trash. Not accepted on the trash run: construction or demolition debris, tires, commercial waste, and the further items listed in Sec. 82-20(h). Nothing may be placed in streets, gutters or over storm drains.
Not confirmed: no per-item or per-pile charge is published for bulky refuse collection, and neither the code nor the service page says it is free; the $14.75 monthly refuse charge is the only stated residential fee
Not confirmed: the city's own service page names only "Furniture, appliances, etc." - it is the code, not the page, that names a mattress
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Garbage, Recycling, & Trash Collection | Dothan, AL - Official Website
Fee not published
Visit siteHouston County curbside large-item collection (free within a 10x10 pile)
"The Houston County Sanitation Department provides the citizens of Houston County with mandatory solid waste collection services." The county states no exclusion and names no municipality, though the City of Dothan runs its own sanitation department and landfill, so a Dothan address should confirm which body bills it before relying on this.
Conditions and source
Put the items on the right of way and telephone 334-793-5442 or 334-677-4902 to have a work order raised. The free allowance is set by the footprint of the pile rather than by the item: "What can I put out by the curb to be picked up for free? Boxes, toys, household furnishings, appliances, etc... As long as the pile is not greater than a 10x10 area", and "How much does it cost to pick up furniture? If the pile is smaller than a 10x10 area, furniture pick-up will not result in a charge." Yard debris is the exception and is never free: "Any amount of yard debris will result in a charge. Our minimum charge is $50.00", and it may not go in the cart. Regular garbage collection is weekly with cans out by 6:00 a.m.; an additional cart is "a one-time non-refundable fee of $125" with no change to the monthly bill; no deposit is needed to start service; and the county offers no recycling. Billing at 1691 Ross Clark Circle, Dothan, AL 36301.
Not confirmed: A mattress is not named. "Household furnishings" and "furniture" are the examples given, and the county does not say whether bedding counts or whether a mattress and box spring are one item or two.
Not confirmed: The charge once a pile exceeds the 10x10 area is not published for anything except yard debris, whose minimum is $50.00.
Not confirmed: No monthly rate for county collection is published anywhere on the county's site.
Not confirmed: No limit is published on how often the free pile may be put out.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Frequently Asked Questions - Sanitation - Houston County, Alabama
Free
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Dothan
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Dothan. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Nearest
Dale County C&D Landfill, Ozark - quarterly self-haul (mattresses and box springs named)
The county publishes no residency test and no ID requirement. ADEM's permit record gives the service area as "Dale County, AL" (Dale County C/D Landfill, Permit No. 23-06, permittee Dale County Commission). The county's customer information sheet addresses its own solid waste customers.
Conditions and source
"located on Bivins Drive in Ozark" - the county publishes no street number - and it "only operates quarterly", with no dates given. The county names bedding outright: "Trash such as leaves, limbs, old furniture, appliances, mattresses, or box springs may be taken to the Dale County Landfill for disposal". Two things are refused: the landfill "does not accept electronics (i.e. televisions, radios, computers or microwaves) or burned garbage of any kind". The county's stated alternative when the gate is shut is a private site: "you can call Rosehill Landfill located at 242 New Hope Rd. Midland City @ (334) 983-6576". Telephone Dale County Solid Waste at (334) 774-6212 before traveling - the opening dates are not published anywhere and the county's website carries no landfill page.
Not confirmed: The quarterly opening dates are not published, so a reader cannot find out when the gate is open without telephoning.
Not confirmed: No fee of any kind is published: no per-load, per-ton or per-mattress charge.
Not confirmed: No hours are published, and no street number for the site.
Not confirmed: Rose Hill Landfill, the alternative the county names, publishes no rate card, hours or mattress policy of its own.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Dale County Solid Waste Management: customer information sheet (MDI contract page 2)
Fee not published
Visit siteCheapest
Henry County Landfill, Abbeville - self-haul disposal (mattresses named as receivable)
No residency test is published on the county's landfill sheet - it addresses "CITIZEN" without an ID requirement or a county-resident rule. The permit reaches four counties: ADEM's notice of May 7, 2026 for Permit No. 34-04, permittee Henry County Commission, gives the service area as "Henry, Dale, Barbour, and Houston Counties", so waste from Dothan, Ozark and Eufaula addresses is inside the permitted area as well as Headland and Abbeville.
The last date published for this was May 7, 2026, so it has passed.
Conditions and source
1023 County Road 53, Abbeville, AL 36310, 334.585.5714. "Open Mon thru Fri 7:00a.m- 3:15 p.m. Close at Lunch 11:00a.m-12:15 p.m.", "Call for holiday listing." The "Landfill Receivable List" names bedding outright: "CLOTHES, MATRESSES, PILLOWS", alongside "CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, YARD DEBRIS, CARDBOARD BOXES, SHINGLES-ASPHALT ONLY, FLEXIBLE DUCT WORK, SIDING-ALL BUT TREATED/ASBESTOS, SHEET ROCK, NON-TREATED LUMBER, BOOKS, FILES" and a separate metal pile for white goods. "Landfill Can Not Receive" covers "TREATED LUMBER/LIGHT POLES, NO ELECTRONICS, NO FOOD ITEMS/PARTICLES, PVC GLUE, ADHESIVE GLUE, MEDICAL WASTE, TIRES, **NO ASBESTOS PRODUCTS**" and food- or oil-contaminated plastic. A mixed load is sorted at the gate: "OPERATOR WILL ONLY ACCEPT RECEIVABLE ITEMS IF CITIZEN IS WILLING TO SEPARATE THESE ITEMS FROM THE NON-RECEIVABLE LIST WITH GUIDANCE AND ASSISTANCE FROM THE OPERATOR." Larger loads are charged by weight at "$25.00 a ton" and "Customer responsible for bringing weights." The county's Solid Waste page gives different landfill hours - Monday through Thursday 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM, closed 11:15 to 11:45 - so telephone before traveling.
Not confirmed: Two conflicting sets of opening hours are published by the same county and neither is dated.
Not confirmed: The sheet does not say whether a mattress and box spring together are still one "load" at $5.00, nor what a car boot rather than a pickup or small trailer pays.
Not confirmed: Whether a resident of Dale, Barbour or Houston County is admitted at the gate rests on the ADEM permitted service area; the county publishes no eligibility statement of its own.
Not confirmed: ADEM gives the permitted location in section, township and range, and does not confirm it is the site at 1023 County Road 53.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Henry County Landfill - receivable and non-receivable list, hours and fees
$5
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Dothan
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.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteThe other 1 companies
The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Dothan
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Dothan
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 Dothan itself says
What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.
- Not an option: Dothan's self-haul route is shut. The city's own landfill page states "The City of Dothan Sanitary Landfill is closed. Once the City of Dothan's Sanitary Landifill is re-opened the operation schedule will be Monday - Friday 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and disposal fees will apply. Anyone who is a City of Dothan Environmental customer may use the facility at no charge, and anyone who is commercial or a non-city resident will be charged a minimum of $45.09 per ton once the facility has been re-opened." The site is "281 Complex Drive, Suite Number 1, Dothan, AL 36303". The code's rate card, Sec. 82-95(a), matches that shape - "Nonbusiness pickups/cars with refuse generated within the corporate limits of the city ..... No Charge", "Inside Houston County nonbusiness pickups/cars*, per ton ..... 37.50", "Commercial waste haulers/other private entities, per ton ..... 42.50", "Outside the county ..... 120.00" - with the footnote "City of Dothan and Houston County residency must be verifiable by means of driver's license or other means such as utility billing verifying address." With the gate closed, the city lists other sites "only as a courtesy to the public": Omussee C&D Landfill, 4541 Kinsey Road, Dothan ("Permitted for Construction and Demolition Debris"); Rosehill Landfill, 242 New Hope Road, Midland City (C&D); Coffee County Landfill, 7733 Highway 125, Elba ("Permitted for Municipal Solid Waste, Construction and Demolition Debris, Recycling"); Waste Away, LLC, 2215 Mance Newton Road, Midland City ("Transfer Station-Not a Final Destination"); and Springhill Regional Landfill, 4945 Highway 273, Campbellton, FL. The city adds: "No hazardous materials such as oils, paints and lacquers, household and pool chemicals or pesticides/herbicides will be accepted." Source Not confirmed: the page gives no date for reopening and the neighboring Garbage, Trash & Recycling page still prints "The landfill operates Monday - Thursday, 6:00 AM - 4:30 PM", so the two city pages disagree and the closure notice is the more specific of the two Not confirmed: none of the five courtesy-listed alternatives publishes a mattress policy or a per-item price of its own
What Houston County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Dothan and its neighbors.
- Houston County operates no landfill or transfer station of its own. ADEM's Permitted Municipal Solid Waste Landfills list (revision date November 24, 2021) shows the county's only permitted MSW landfill as the "City of Dothan Sanitary Landfill (Public)", Permit No. 35-06, permittee "City of Dothan", 400 tons per day, with "Service Area: Houston County, City of Dothan, City of Headland" - a city facility whose permit reaches beyond the city, including into Headland across the Henry County line. ADEM's Construction/Demolition and Industrial Landfills list (revision date July 31, 2020) records two further Houston County sites, neither of them a public household drop-off: the "Farley Nuclear Plant Landfill" (Permit 35-05, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, service area "Farley Nuclear Plant in Houston County, Alabama") and the "Southeast Alabama Regional C/D Landfill" (Permit 35-07, APAC-Southeast Inc., 381 Twitchell Rd., Dothan, AL 36304). So a Dothan household's self-haul options are a city landfill and a private construction-waste site, not a county one. Source Not confirmed: No fee, hours or residency rule for the City of Dothan Sanitary Landfill is published by Houston County, and the city's arrangements are a city-layer question. Whether the site is currently open to the public could not be established from a county source. Not confirmed: Both ADEM master lists are old - November 2021 and July 2020 - so a site opened or closed since then would not appear. The dates are on the documents themselves. Not confirmed: The Southeast Alabama Regional C/D Landfill publishes no rate card, hours or mattress policy, and a construction/demolition permit would not normally cover household bedding.
Alabama mattress disposal rules
- 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
Questions people ask about Dothan
Is there free mattress disposal in Dothan?
Yes: Houston County curbside large-item collection (free within a 10x10 pile); Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Dothan?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Alabama?
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.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.