How to get rid of a mattress in Gulf Shores, 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 Gulf Shores code explains why a rental property's mattress is a different thing in law from the same mattress next door. Sec. 14-1 defines "Trash" as "(1) Trees and tree limbs; (2) Bagged leaves, bagged grass clippings, bagged pine cones, bagged pine straw, and shrub trimmings; (3) Discarded appliances and furniture; but excluding 'bulk refuse' as defined in this section." And "Bulk refuse" includes "(3) An appliance or item of furniture discarded on nonresidential property or on the premises of a rental cottage or an appliance or item of furniture weighing more than three hundred (300) pounds." "Residence" is defined as "a detached single-family dwelling unit, including houses, trailers, and rental cottages, and its associated grounds or a separate unit in any multifamily dwelling that has a total of four (4) or fewer separate units and that is not a hotel, motel, or trailer park." Sec. 14-34.1 makes collection mandatory for "every person, household, business, condominium, or industry" and for "every owner of rental or lease property," and sets the seasonal rule that distinguishes this coast: "Every owner of rental or lease property that is not served by a dumpster and that is let for occupancy of intervals of seven (7) days or less shall subscribe to such a waste collection program providing for collection at least twice weekly during tourist season from March 1 through October 31, and, on sections of streets designated by resolution of the city council, three (3) times weekly from March 1 through Labor Day, inclusive, to include one (1) pick up on Saturdays." The container minimum is seasonal too: from March 1 through October 31 a one-, two- or three-bedroom rental needs two 90-gallon containers and a four-bedroom or larger needs three; from November 1 through February 28 that drops to one and two. Sec. 14-33 fixes set-out times, and Sec. 14-35 the fines: "Violations of section 14-33 are subject to a two hundred dollar ($200.00) fine per incident" and "Fines for violations of other provisions of this article are subject to a fine of up to five hundred dollars ($500.00)." Sec. 14-30 requires a franchise certificate, costing "one hundred dollars ($100.00)", for anyone hauling trash, trash or bulk refuse in the city. Source Not confirmed: the code makes rental-cottage furniture "bulk refuse" and so outside the city's trash collection, but it names no city price or route for bulk refuse - the reader is left with a franchised hauler and no published rate

• 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