How to get rid of a mattress in Winslow, 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.

• Winslow's curbside service is automated cart collection by WM under contract to the city, and the city's waste page publishes no bulky or large-item program at all. "Winslow has selected WM, a leader in sustainability-focused waste services and solutions, for automated trash, and other solid waste collection." The published guidelines: "Place your carts at the curb with wheels facing your house the night before your collection day. Remove carts after collection. Keep your carts at least three feet from parked cars, mailboxes or other obstacles." What belongs in the cart is "common household trash such as food waste, chip bags, paper towels, plastic bags, and clothes too worn to be donated", and residents must "not place construction waste, auto parts, tires, hazardous waste (paint, oil, household cleaners), or medical or e-waste in your carts." Timing: "Collection shall occur between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. If a collection day falls on a designated holiday, the Services shall be performed on the next weekday. Designated holidays are: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day." An extra toter is $11.00 a month from the Finance Department at 928-289-5533. Source Not confirmed: The city's Waste Management page says nothing about bulky items, mattresses, furniture or the quarterly bulky pickup that the city code provides for, so a resident reading the city's own service page would not learn the collection exists.
• Winslow's code puts mattress disposal in writing as a permitted residential use of the city's own transfer station, which settles a question the transfer station's own page leaves open. Section 8.12.060(E): "Residential Transfer Station Operation. Residential solid waste producers may use the City transfer station for the following: general residential trash, yard debris, tree and shrub clippings, spring and fall cleanups, disposal of appliances, disposal of old furniture and mattress disposal, and are not to be used for major remodeling, tree removal, roof replacement, concrete or asphalt disposal, home construction, dirt removal, fence replacement and hazardous waste." The code defines "Transfer station" as "the City-owned transfer station located adjacent to the City waste water treatment plant". Section 8.12.060(I) adds that "Christmas trees are to be taken to the transfer station for disposal if they cannot be placed in container." Source Not confirmed: The code names mattress disposal as a permitted use but sets no per-mattress price; the transfer station is sold by the load, so how many mattresses one $10 resident voucher covers is not established.
• Winslow's local rules on refuse are strict and explicit. Section 8.12.020: "The collection and disposal of residential solid waste within the City shall be subject to the exclusive control of the City." Section 8.12.050(A): "All residential users as defined herein shall be billed on a monthly basis by the City. Residential collection shall be twice a week unless otherwise agreed to by the user and the City." Section 8.12.050(D): "All owners or occupants of residential or commercial premises in the City are required to receive solid waste collection, removal, and disposal service and to pay the fee for such services whether utilized by such owner or occupant or not", and under (E) unpaid fees become a lien on the property. Section 8.12.060(C) is the trap for anyone leaving a mattress beside the bin: "Solid waste left outside contractor-provided containers will not be picked up." Section 8.12.060(A) makes residential solid waste the property of the City at the point of collection and makes the producer responsible for spillage before pickup; (J) forbids collection from a residential premises before six a.m. or after six p.m. Section 8.12.065 states plainly that "Wildcat dumping is prohibited", wildcat dumping being defined in the chapter as "the illegal dumping of solid waste", and bins on private property are "for the sole use of persons contracting for that service". Section 8.12.080 makes it unlawful to fail to keep property, or the alleys, walkways, streets and rights-of-way adjacent to it, free of solid waste and "commercial and residential noncollectible items". Source Not confirmed: Article I of Chapter 8.12 as published sets no fine or penalty figure for wildcat dumping or for a property-maintenance violation, and the city's general penalty provision was not read. Not confirmed: The chapter regulates multi-unit dwellings through the definition of "residential establishment" but publishes no separate apartment or HOA rule about bulky items.
• Winslow's adopted fee schedule prices no waste service at all, which is why the transfer station's voucher prices live on a department page rather than in the ordinance. Ordinance No. 637, "Schedule of Rates, Fees and Charges (July 2026)", lists its fee schedules on its first page: Schedule 1 Administration, 3 Building Permit Fees, 4 Community Services, 5 Development Services, 6 Fire Department, 7 Library, 8 Police Department, 9 Public Housing, 10 Zoning, 11 Municipal Court, 12 Animal Care Facility Fees, 13 Airport Fees, 14 Transportation Fees, 15 Video Service Provider Fee and 16 Public Works Fees. There is no solid waste, sanitation, refuse or transfer station schedule. Schedule 16, the Public Works schedule, contains only Section 16-1 Operator and Equipment Fees - vactor and camera truck hire at $200.00/hr with a two-hour minimum, overtime labor at $60 and $70 an hour, and hydrant repair at $250.00 for a break-off kit plus $50.00 mobilisation - and prices no collection, drop-off or per-item disposal of any kind. Source Not confirmed: The ordinance is published as a scanned PDF with no text layer; the list of fee schedules on page 1 and Schedule 16 on page 43 were read as images, and the intervening schedules were not read page by page. Not confirmed: Because no waste fees appear in the ordinance, the Council resolution that sets the bulky-waste and special-collection fees referred to in Chapter 8.12 was not located.
• Winslow's own transfer station, at 2820 Santa Fe Drive, is open 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Sunday and sells entry by the load rather than by the item, so a mattress has no separate price there. "Vouchers may be purchased at the Finance Department located at City Hall: 102 E Third Street. The Finance Department is open Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm. Vouchers may also be purchased at the Transfer Station using the convenient kiosk (credit cards only)." The published prices: "Residents in City limits - Proof of Residency Required: Pickup / vehicle loads: $10.00 (red vouchers); Trailer load: $25.00 (orange vouchers)", plus "FREON BEARING DEVICE - Refrigerator (PER DEVICE): $25.00"; and "Commercial & Non-Resident Vouchers: Pickup / vehicle loads: $20.00 (light blue vouchers); Trailer loads: $50.00 (dark blue vouchers)", with the freon device fee at $50.00. The refrigerator charge is the only per-item price on the page. The site's published "Items Not Accepted" list - petroleum products, large amounts of paint, batteries, tanks, chemicals, heavy construction debris, hazardous and medical waste, dead animals, ash, foundry sand, rocks and rubble, explosives, ordnance, concrete, roof shingles, flammable and noxious materials, lead-acid batteries, drums, liquid waste, oil, large machinery, motor vehicles, agricultural equipment, trailers, marine vessels, steel cable and tires - names neither mattresses nor furniture. Loads must be secured or tarped; the inquiry number is 928-289-4011. Source Not confirmed: The transfer station page never names mattresses as accepted; the city code does that instead, and the page publishes no per-mattress or per-item rate other than the refrigerator freon fee.

• 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