How to get rid of a mattress in Marana, AZ.

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 Town of Marana publishes no residential solid waste collection program. The Public Works department page lists six divisions — Airport, Capital Improvement Projects, Fleet, Pavement Preservation, Streets and Traffic — and names no solid waste, refuse, recycling or bulk-item division or service. Title 10 of the Marana Town Code, 'Health and Sanitation', likewise contains no collection chapter: its chapters are 10-1 Transportation and Dumping of Garbage or Aggregate Material, 10-2 [Reserved], 10-3 Sewage Sludge, 10-4 Travel Reduction Code, 10-5 Fireworks and 10-6 Special Events. The town's only curbside provision, Town Code 18-4-1(E)(2), regulates where privately collected 'trash and recycling receptacles properly placed for collection' may be set, which is consistent with collection being arranged between the resident and a private hauler. Source Not confirmed: The Town of Marana publishes no page that states in its own words that it does not provide or contract trash collection, so unlike Oro Valley the 'no collection' answer rests on the absence of any published program rather than on a town statement. Not confirmed: Whether Marana licenses, franchises or otherwise regulates the private haulers operating inside the town limits was not established; Title 9 Business Regulations was not read in full. Not confirmed: No bulk-trash or large-item allowance, fee or booking route is published anywhere on maranaaz.gov.
• Marana Town Code 18-4-1(E) makes it a violation to leave a mattress at the curb: 'No person shall place any personal property, materials, goods, wares, merchandise or similar items of any kind in or upon any public street, sidewalk, alleyway or right-of-way.' The only exemptions are items placed or approved by the Town, portable basketball hoops and goalie nets 'during the actual time they are in use within residential areas', and 'Trash and recycling receptacles properly placed for collection', which must be placed 'on the street with the wheels against the curb' where curbing exists and otherwise 'within two feet of the street in a manner that does not obstruct or otherwise impede access to any sidewalk'. Section 18-4-3 adds that 'Each day any violation of any provision of this title or the failure to perform any act or duty required by this title continues shall constitute a separate offense.' Source Not confirmed: Chapter 18-5 Enforcement was not read, so the civil sanction amount for a Title 18 violation is not recorded.
• Marana Town Code 18-1-2(A)(19) names bedding explicitly in the definition of litter: 'Litter means all solid waste including, but not limited to, ashes, street cleanings, severed plant growth, garbage, dead animals, animal feces, inoperable motor vehicles or parts thereof, solid commercial and industrial waste, paper, rags, empty barrels, crates, packing cases, boxes, cartons, wood shavings, packing material, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, landscape clippings, leaves, metal, mattresses, bedding, crockery, bottles, cans, glass, plaster, plastic, asphalt, tile, rock, bricks, clean fill, fill dirt, excavation material, or other materials tending to create an unsightly condition and having an adverse effect upon the health and safety of citizens.' Subsection (A)(4) then defines Blight to include 'the accumulation of litter or debris', and (A)(7) defines Debris as junk 'including, but not limited to, lumber, furniture, furniture parts, cabinets, appliances, sinks, abandoned or neglected equipment ... or the remains of something of little or no apparent economic value'. A mattress stored in view on a Marana property is therefore litter for code-enforcement purposes. Source Not confirmed: Chapter 18-2 Public Nuisances and Chapter 18-3 Property Maintenance were not read in full, so which specific section a stored mattress is cited under is not recorded.
• Hauling a mattress yourself through Marana in an uncovered pickup bed is a civil infraction. Marana Town Code 10-1-2(A): 'No person shall transport garbage or aggregate material within the town limits in an open vehicle unless the garbage or aggregate material is in a closed container or in an enclosed cargo area.' Section 10-1-1(D) defines an enclosed cargo area as requiring solid sides and bottom, a tailgate or equivalent, sealed openings, and 'A cover, tarpaulin or other device which prevents the load from becoming loose, detached or in any manner a hazard to other users of the roadway', and states that it 'shall not include ... frame rails, fenders or decks of low beds or flat beds'. The exemptions in 10-1-2(B) cover only asphalt, petroleum coke, low-loaded aggregate and agricultural equipment. Section 10-1-2(G): 'Violation of this section is a civil infraction and shall be enforced pursuant to chapter 5-7 of this code.' Section 10-1-3 requires anyone who spills a load on a town street to replace it in the vehicle immediately. 'Garbage' is defined at 10-1-1(E) as any litter, refuse, trash, trash or debris that constitutes a hazard to public health and safety. Source Not confirmed: Chapter 5-7 Civil Town Code Violations was not read, so the civil sanction amount for an uncovered load is not recorded.
• The nearest disposal site to Marana residents is inside the town: the Marana Regional Landfill, 14508 West Avra Valley Road, Marana, AZ 85653, operated by WM (Waste Management of Arizona) and listed as a landfill in Pima County's own facility directory. WM's facility page gives hours of Monday through Friday 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., closed Sunday, and states that the site accepts non-hazardous material including construction debris, municipal solid waste, contaminated soils and 'Inert Material (concrete, sand, rock, asphalt)'. Hazardous waste is not accepted. Source Not confirmed: WM publishes no gate rate for this site: there is no price per ton, no minimum load charge and no small-load or per-item fee, so what a resident pays to drop a mattress here is not established. Not confirmed: The page does not say whether the site is open to residential self-haul customers or only to commercial haulers. Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named anywhere on the facility page, so whether a mattress is ordinary municipal solid waste here or a special-handling item is not published. Not confirmed: Pima County's fee schedule (Ordinance 2023-18) does not cover this site, which is privately operated rather than county operated.

• New River county address is 41835 North New River Road, Phoenix 85087, while ADEQ lists 41835 N Lake Pleasant, Peoria 85382. Rainbow Valley county street number is 17795 versus ADEQ 17735. Cave Creek county city label differs from ADEQ Carefree. Source
• County receiving list includes 15 transfer stations plus Western Regional Landfill. It differs from ADEQ on Double Adobe direction (6996 N versus S Central Highway), Bowie ZIP (85643 versus 85605), Tombstone ZIP (85638 versus 85352), Sunsites city/ZIP and Bisbee road spelling (Tovreaville versus Torveaville). Source
• ADEQ Composting, Recycling & HHW FAQs (revised Oct. 28, 2025) read in full, including the collapsed accordion panels. No statewide mattress stewardship program, landfill ban or retailer take-back appears anywhere on the page. The resident recycling panel tells people to use the ADEQ eMap or to search "City of [where you live] recycling", and if the municipality offers nothing, to search "[County you live in] recycling" for a drop-off service. Mattress disposal in Arizona is handled by local governments. Source
• The statewide locator ADEQ links from its recycling pages is the "Arizona Recycling Locator" ArcGIS Experience app. Its own text says the app covers E-Waste, Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and General Recycling in your community, and carries an ADEQ disclaimer that it cannot verify the listed items will be accepted at all locations and that residents should contact the facility. There is no mattress or bulky-item category among the three advertised layers. Source
• Mattress Recycling Council's Program States page names exactly four states where it operates recycling programs under enacted mattress recycling laws: California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon. Arizona is not among them, confirming there is no MRC-run mattress stewardship program or Bye Bye Mattress free drop-off network in Arizona. Source