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

If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.

Casper

Free

Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source

Havertys

Free

New mattress delivered by Top Drawer Delivery. Not stated on page. Source

Purple

Free

Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source

Raymour & Flanigan

Free

New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source

Rooms To Go

Free

New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source

Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Safford and its neighbors.

• Graham County runs four transfer sites of its own and publishes a single fee table for all of them. Artesia is at "100 East Quail Trail, Safford, AZ 85546" (the page notes "physical location is in Artesia"), "Open every Wednesday: 7:30am - 2:30pm" and "2nd & 4th Saturday of the month: 8:00am - 3:00pm". Ashurst is at "14400 South Ashurst Cemetery Road, Pima, AZ 85543" ("Highway 70 at Fort Thomas"), open "1st Saturday of the month: 8:00am - 3:00pm", "3rd Friday of the month: 7:30am - 2:30pm" and "5th Saturday of the month: 8:00am - 12:00pm". Klondyke is at "1075 S Four Mile Creek Road, Klondyke, AZ 85643" and is "Open daily". San Jose is at "2200 South San Jose Landfill Road, Safford, AZ 85546" ("physical location is in San Jose"), open "1st, 2nd, 4th, & 5th Friday of the month: 7:30am - 2:30pm" and "3rd Saturday of the month: 8:00am - 3:00pm". All four are "CLOSED ON ALL HOLIDAYS" and the page warns "the hours of operation may change subject to proper notice." The Facility User Fees table is identical at every site and is charged by vehicle, covered or uncovered: "Any trash exceeding 1 trash bag (minimum fee for all passenger vehicles): Cars, station wagons, vans, SUVs and pickup trucks with 8-foot bed or smaller, etc. $5 / $10"; "Pickups-Modified to increase capacity $15 / $20"; "Single axle trailer: any size, trailer load only $15 / $20"; "Double axle trailer: any size, trailer load only $20 / $25"; "Pickup load with trailer load, single axle $25 / $25"; "Pickup load with trailer load, double axle $25 / $30"; and "One Individual Trash Bag $2 per Bag". For anything bigger the county sends residents to the city: "The Safford Landfill is under the direction of the City of Safford. For landfill rates, holiday schedule, recycling information, waste oil and battery disposal, unacceptable materials and landfill user fees go to the City of Safford's website. Or call 928-432-4286." Inquiries go to "the Graham County Engineering Office, 921 W. Thatcher Blvd., Safford, AZ 85546", 928-428-0410. Source Not confirmed: The county publishes no curbside or bulky-item collection of its own anywhere on its Engineering or Transfer Sites pages, and no county clean-up or amnesty program separate from the City of Safford's Community Pride Days, but it nowhere states in its own words that it runs no collection. Not confirmed: The transfer-site page states no proof-of-residency requirement and does not say whether a resident of another county may use the sites. Not confirmed: The page does not say where waste from the four transfer sites goes, so whether it reaches the Safford Landfill or is hauled elsewhere is unstated.
• Graham County's own list of what its transfer sites will not take names furniture, which is the closest the county comes to a mattress rule and is why the four sites are not recorded here as a mattress drop-off. The page states: "Graham County Transfer Sites are being operated for the convenience of Graham County Citizens. They are intended solely for the disposal of household waste. No Commercial or Contractor dumping will be permitted. Burn barrels will not be accepted at any waste collection site." The unaccepted list is "Appliances, Construction Debris, Dead Animals, Explosives, Furniture, Oil or Fuel Wastes Paints, Pesticides or insecticides, Sewage, Solvents, Thinners, Tires or Wheels, Tree or Brush Branches greater than 2 inches diameter, Vehicle Batteries". It adds: "If vegetation is less than 2 inches diameter, no more than 1 cubic yard of vegetation / yard debris, rock, dirt, etc. will be accepted at the Graham County Transfer Sites. This will be at Attendant's discretion." A reader with a mattress should plan on the Safford Landfill rather than the nearest transfer site. Source Not confirmed: A mattress or box spring is not named on the unaccepted list; furniture is, and whether the county treats a mattress as furniture is not stated, so the refusal is inferred from the furniture line rather than published for mattresses. Not confirmed: "Operated for the convenience of Graham County Citizens" is the only eligibility language; no proof of residency, ID or utility bill is mentioned, and non-residents are neither admitted nor excluded in terms.
• Not an option: The one charity with a shop in Graham County will not take a used mattress. The Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Southern Arizona, which runs a thrift store at 221 E. Main Street, Safford, states on its donation page: "USED MATTRESSES cannot be accepted but we gladly take most gently used items that we can re-sell or distribute." Waterbeds are also on its refusal list, alongside water heaters, evaporative coolers, flammables, chemicals, garage doors, tires, weapons, raw building materials, car parts and live animals. It does accept furniture, appliances and household goods in good condition. There is no Habitat for Humanity ReStore in the Gila Valley, so a Graham County reader has no confirmed reuse route for a mattress and should plan on the Safford Landfill. Source Not confirmed: The donation page states a service area by Tucson-area ZIP code and does not confirm that the Safford store applies the same mattress rule, although it is the same organization and the policy is published organization-wide. Not confirmed: No shelter, furniture bank or church reuse program in Graham County with a published mattress policy was found, so the absence of a reuse option is established from the refusals found rather than from a complete local survey.
• Not an option: There is no mattress recycler in Graham County. The only recycling business serving the county, Vista Recycling at "114 W 8th Street Safford, AZ 85546" ("Monday through Friday 8:00am - 4:00pm, Saturday, Sunday: Closed"), describes itself as "Providing reliable waste management in Graham & Greenlee County" and takes scrap metal only: aluminum, brass, lead, batteries and copper, with the notes "No Steel at this time" and "No Cardboard at this time". Mattresses, furniture and bulky household items are not mentioned anywhere on the site, and it publishes no price list, only "Please call for pricing" and "Prices will vary depending on the current market." Arizona has no statewide mattress recycling program, so nothing a Graham County household brings to a transfer site or to the Safford Landfill is recorded as recycled. Source Not confirmed: Vista Recycling publishes no refusal of mattresses either; its accepted list is metals only and mattresses are simply absent, so the conclusion rests on what the company advertises rather than on a stated policy.