How to get rid of a mattress in Surprise, 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 City of Surprise runs its own residential solid waste service rather than relying on a Phoenix-area program: "The City of Surprise offers same-day residential curbside garbage and recycling once a week." Its trash and recycling index states that "The City of Surprise offers bulk trash and appliance removal services to residents that are serviced by the City's Solid Waste Department", which excludes addresses on private-hauler, HOA-contracted, commercial or apartment dumpster service. Separately, under Residential Waste Cleanup Events: "As a service to our residents, the city provides the opportunity to dispose of a single load of residential waste that weighs up to 2,000 pounds at no cost." Household hazardous waste is handled through separate collection events. Source Not confirmed: The index page does not say whether mattresses are accepted in bulk trash, what a bulk pickup costs, how many are allowed per year, what the volume limit is, or how appointments are made; the detail page (surpriseaz.gov/bulk-trash-information) loads its body from a script-driven content service and returned no readable text to automated retrieval. Not confirmed: The location, dates and eligibility rules for the free 2,000-pound residential waste cleanup events are not stated on this page.
• The Northwest Regional Landfill, the WM disposal site inside Surprise that serves the northwest Phoenix valley including Surprise and Peoria, is at 19401 West Deer Valley Road, Surprise, AZ 85387. Hours are Monday–Friday 6:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. and Saturday 6:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., closed Sunday. Accepted materials listed are non-hazardous streams including "Construction & Demolition Debris", "Municipal Solid Waste" and "Soils - Contaminated (Non Haz)"; hazardous waste is not accepted. The operator page publishes no rates, no residential self-haul rules and no mention of mattresses. Source Not confirmed: The page does not say whether the public may self-haul, what a residential load costs, or whether mattresses are accepted, so no drop-off service could be cataloged from it.

• 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