How to get rid of a mattress in Headland, 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.

• Settling the Headland question the county layer left open: the Henry County Landfill's own sheet imposes no residency restriction at all, and the exclusion of Headland that was found elsewhere is about curbside collection, not landfill access. The sheet published on the Henry County Commission's own site reads "HENRY COUNTY LANDFILL, 1023 COUNTY ROAD 53, ABBEVILLE, AL 36310, 334.585.5714". Its "Landfill Receivable List:" is "CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, YARD DEBRIS, CLOTHES, MATRESSES, PILLOWS, CARDBOARD BOXES, SHINGLES-ASPHALT ONLY, FLEXIBLE DUCT WORK, SIDING-ALL BUT TREATED/ASBESTOS, SHEET ROCK, NON-TREATED LUMBER, BOOKS, FILES, FIBERGLASS BOAT-STRIPPED OF ALL METAL AND ACCESSORIES", against "Landfill Can Not Receive: TREATED LUMBER/LIGHT POLES, NO ELECTRONICS, NO FOOD ITEMS/PARTICLES, PVC GLUE, ADHESIVE GLUE, MEDICAL WASTE, TIRES, **NO ASBESTOS PRODUCTS**, PLASTIC CONTAMINATED BY FOOD, OIL OR PAINT, MEDICAL/HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS". Terms: "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. $5.00 a load for small trailer or pickup trucks. $25.00 a ton for larger loads. Customer responsible for bringing weights." The mixed-load rule is "LOAD OF MIX MATERIALS (RECEIVABLE AND NON-RECEIVABLE)- 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." Nowhere on the sheet is there a residency rule, a proof-of-address requirement, a customer-account requirement or an exclusion of any municipality. The separate Solid Waste Department page that sets the curbside rules - carts out by 6:00 a.m., "only what's inside the cart gets picked up", 250 lb maximum, $17.00 per month - draws its own definitions so that "Garbage: Regular household waste (no furniture, remodeling debris, etc.)" and "Trash: Large boxes, furniture, appliances, remodeling debris", and states its landfill hours as "Monday- Thursday 6:00 AM-4:30 PM". Source Not confirmed: the landfill sheet is silent on residency rather than expressly open to everyone, so this establishes that no published rule bars a Headland resident, not that the county has invited one - the only exclusion of Headland found anywhere is about the county's curbside collection, not the gate Not confirmed: the landfill's hours on the sheet (Mon-Fri 7:00 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., closed 11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.) contradict the hours on the department's own web page (Mon-Thu 6:00 AM to 4:30 PM)

• 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