How to get rid of a mattress in Montgomery, 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.

• Confirmed from the city's own page (previously blocked). "Montgomery Sanitation customers may utilize the Saturday trash drop-off locations listed below on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month", 7 a.m.–1:30 p.m. The twelve sites are Smiley Circle (3500 block West Blvd.), Cramton Bowl north parking lot, Goodwyn Jr. High School (209 Perry Hill Road), Halcyon Elementary School (1501 Parkview Dr.), Harrison Elementary School (164 East South Blvd.), Hayneville Road Elementary School (3315 Hayneville Road), Montgomery Mall (2899 E. South Blvd.), Morningview School (2849 Pelzer Ave.), Sheridan Heights Community Center (3501 Faro Lane), Southlawn Middle School (5533 Mobile Hwy.), Vaughn Road School (4407 Vaughn Road) and Wares Ferry Road Elementary School (6425 Wares Ferry Road). Policy: "Use of Saturday trash drop off points are for Montgomery City residents only." Hazardous or toxic waste is refused; bricks, cement, dirt or roofing material over one cubic yard must go to the North Montgomery Landfill instead; tires are limited to four per patron; "Heavy or bulky items could require your assistance in loading onto City trucks. Items that are too heavy to be loaded onto City equipment manually will not be accepted." Trash is loaded directly onto city vehicles and nothing may be unloaded on the ground; no salvaging. Vehicles or trailers over three-quarter ton capacity, dual-axle trailers, stake-side bodies and hydraulic or self-dumping bodies must use the landfill. Freon items must go to the Cramton Bowl north lot. Information: 334-625-2751. Source Not confirmed: The page does not say whether mattresses are accepted at the Saturday drop-off points, and no fee is stated for them either, so both mattress acceptance and cost at these twelve sites remain unknown. Several sites are given as a school or lot name without a street number, so they have not been cataloged as facilities.
• Not an option: Montgomery Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, the city's main furniture-reuse charity, explicitly refuses mattresses. Its donation page welcomes working appliances, cabinetry, furniture, flooring, new carpet and padding, doors and windows, electrical items, AC window units, hardware, working power tools, plumbing items, toilets, lumber, storm windows and doors, roofing materials and gutters, drywall material and new duct work, and offers free pickup (334-281-0880). Under "Unfortunately we are NOT able to accept the following items" the first entry is "Used Mattresses", with dishwashers, clothing, children's toys, baby items, used paint and books. The store is at 2266 E. South Blvd., Montgomery, AL. A Montgomery resident therefore cannot donate a used mattress to the ReStore. Source Not confirmed: No Montgomery-area charity or furniture bank that does publish a mattress-accepting policy has been identified, so the city's donation route is still an open question.

• 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