How to get rid of a mattress in Alamosa, CO.

Address 1600 County Road 44, Monte Vista, CO 81144, about four miles west of Monte Vista and roughly seventeen miles from Alamosa. Hours "Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m." with "Large loads & trailers check-in by 4:00 p.m", and "Saturday 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m." with "Large loads and trailers check in by 1:30 p.m"; a "Trailer Late Fee" of "$26.25 /EA" applies to "Trailer Arrival After 4:00 Deadline". The 2026 rate card charges a mattress by the item on top of the load: "**Mattress/Box Springs Fee/Couches" "$ 8.65 /EA All sizes are the same price", "In addition to the weight/cubic yard fee." The commercial column carries the same "$ 8.65 /EA" and spells out what it covers: "Includes Hide a beds, Dense Foam Mattresses, day bed's and couches". The load fee alongside it is "Household Minimum Trash Bags" "$4.72 1/2 Cubic Yard +SF" for "Up to 4 13 gallon kitchen size trash bags or less", or "Household Trash" "$ 7.50 /Cubic Yard Measured +SF" above that. "+SF - Rate Does Not Include State Solid Waste Fee Above", that fee being ".15 cents per vehicle" for "Residential Cars, Small SUV's, Van's (non-commercial)" and ".29 cents each per vehicle type" for a "Residential Truck, Large SUV, Trailer, Dump Truck". "Scale Operator determines if material is charged by the cubic yard or ton. Scale Operators may inspect your load for restricted materials. Our Scale Operators or Landfill Staff can deny the disposal of any load found transporting unacceptable materials or for other reasons determined at check-in or in the pit area." Payment is "Cash, Local Checks (with ID) and Debit/Credit Cards", cards carrying "A $2.00 minimum, or 2.95% for amounts over $68.00" convenience fee. Loads must be covered: "Uncovered or Unsecured Trash Will Be Charged Double - Colorado Revised Statues, Section 5 - Criminal Code: 18-4-511 Littering on Public or Private Property." The authority "accepts Municipal Solid Waste, Demolition Waste (with approval) and Special Wastes such as Friable Asbestos, Non-Friable Asbestos and Contaminated Soil." Metal must be separated: "Metal materials cannot be disposed of into the SLV Landfill per the State of Colorado", with free on-site metal recycling bins for "household metals such as bar-b-que grills, bed frames, swing sets, bikes, metal pipe, wire, etc.", which covers a metal bed frame but not the mattress.

• $4.72 — "Household Minimum Trash Bags" "$4.72 1/2 Cubic Yard +SF", noted "Up to 4 13 gallon kitchen size trash bags or less" - the smallest published load charge, to which the $8.65 per-mattress fee is added. Above half a cubic yard the rate is "Household Trash" "$ 7.50 /Cubic Yard Measured +SF", measured by the scale operator, who "determines if material is charged by the cubic yard or ton". "+SF" means the state solid waste user fee is extra. 2026 Landfill Rates.
• $8.65 — "**Mattress/Box Springs Fee/Couches" "$ 8.65 /EA All sizes are the same price", noted "In addition to the weight/cubic yard fee." on the residential table of the authority's "2026 Landfill Rates". The commercial table carries the same "$ 8.65 /EA All sizes are the same price" and spells out the coverage: "Includes Hide a beds, Dense Foam Mattresses, day bed's and couches". A box spring is charged at the same rate as a mattress, so a mattress and box spring set is $17.30 in item fees.
• Plus $0.15 — Surcharge added to every regular rate: the State of Colorado Solid Waste User Fee, "Residential Cars, Small SUV's, Van's (non-commercial)" ".15 cents per vehicle". The published alternatives are "Residential Truck, Large SUV, Trailer, Dump Truck" ".29 cents each per vehicle type", "Residential: All Loaded Vehicle Types with Loaded Trailer" ".52 cents for two vehicle types", and "Residential Weighed Materials" "$1.74 additional per ton". The page notes "The State of Colorado Solid Waste User Fee Rates Are Subject To Change When The State Of Colorado Makes Revisions To The Fee Rates".

Not confirmed: The mattress fee is charged "In addition to the weight/cubic yard fee" and the authority does not say whether the mattress's own volume is also counted in the measured cubic yards, so the exact total for one mattress alone is not published. The published floor is the $4.72 half-cubic-yard minimum plus the $8.65 item fee plus the state vehicle fee.

Not confirmed: No proof-of-residency requirement is published, so how a resident of a member county establishes eligibility at the scale is not stated.

Not confirmed: The authority publishes no collection service, bulky pickup, free dump day, amnesty event or voucher program of any kind.

Not confirmed: The authority's own address block prints the ZIP code as "8114", which is four digits; the facility's full ZIP of 81144 comes from the mailing address given elsewhere on the site.

Not confirmed: The page says nothing about mattresses being recycled, so the outcome for a delivered mattress is disposal.

Not confirmed: The landfill sits in Rio Grande County rather than in Alamosa County, and no transfer station or citizen drop-off site inside Alamosa County was found.

From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 7, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

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