How to get rid of a mattress in Anchorage, AK.

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.

• Not an option: Habitat for Humanity Anchorage's Donate to ReStore page states 'The ReStore is moving! While we are busy at work setting up the new location, all donation channels are current closed until further notice.' The organization's mailing address is P.O. Box 240154, Anchorage AK 99524 and inquiries go to (907) 743-8060 or restore@habitatanchorage.org; the page publishes its accept and do-not-accept lists only as images, and gives no current store address or hours. Anchorage's most visible furniture reuse outlet is therefore taking no donations at all at present, mattresses included. Source Not confirmed: Whether the ReStore accepted mattresses before the move, and when it will reopen, is not published. Not confirmed: No Anchorage charity that does accept used mattresses was confirmed from a primary page in this pass.

• Alaska DEC's "How Do I Dispose Of...." guide was read in full. Its complete list of 27 covered materials runs from Animal Remains through Used Cooking Oil (asbestos, cannabis, C&D waste, exempt waste, AFFF, fish waste, food waste, formalin, hazardous waste, honeybucket waste, invasive plants, junk vehicles, lead-based paint, manure, medical waste, old boats, pharmaceuticals, polluted soil, radiological waste, sewage lagoon closure, burial on private property). There is no mattress or bulky household furnishings entry, and no statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban appears on the page; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
• DEC's "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle in Alaska" page is the state's recycling directory: a curated list of community programs (ALPAR Flying Cans, Anchorage, Cordova, Denali Borough, Dillingham, Fairbanks, Glennallen, Gustavus, Haines, Juneau, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Ketchikan, Kodiak Island Borough, Kotzebue, Mat-Su Valley, Naknek, Nome, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Valdez, Wrangell) plus commercial programs (Central Recycling Services, Total Reclaim, fish-net recycling). It is a link list, not a searchable item locator, and DEC tells residents whose community is not listed to check with local organizations. The reuse advice is generic — "Shop for used furniture instead of new. Take your old items to the thrift store instead of the landfill" — with no mattress-specific option. Source
• The DEC Solid Waste Program home page links the two statewide facility tools residents and researchers can use: a "Map of Solid Waste Sites" ArcGIS web app (adec.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=43a9fdcd23a04b54aad1e753327ffd53) and the SWIMS database (dec.alaska.gov/Applications/EH/SWIMS/). The page describes the program as permitting, inspection and compliance only; it names no banned materials and no mattress-specific rule. Source
• Mattress Recycling Council's Program States page names exactly four program states — California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon. Alaska is not among them, confirming there is no MRC-run mattress stewardship program or Bye Bye Mattress free drop-off network in Alaska. Source