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

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.

• Not an option: Carbondale contracts its residential trash and recycling to Mountain Waste & Recycling and bills it with Town water, but the contract buys carts and nothing larger. Residential trash is collected weekly on Tuesdays and recycling every other Tuesday; containers must be at the curb by 7 a.m. with the lid completely closed. Four trash levels (Super Saver, Small, Medium, Large) pair with Medium or Large recycling, and the published prices run from $18.05 a month for Super Saver with Medium recycling to $67.24 a month for Large with Large recycling, with wildlife-resistant containers costing extra. An overflowing or contaminated container costs $27.40 to $38.36 per incident, and an unclosed lid or material left outside the container is a $27.40 fee per incident. The Town's own page points residents to Municipal Code 7-3-60 for the requirement that all refuse and garbage containers be kept in secure enclosures when not out for collection. Free cardboard drop-off is at Public Works, 0756 Highway 133, and composting is offered through EverGreen ZeroWaste or Mountain Waste. There is no bulky-item, large-item or furniture collection in the Town service and the page does not mention mattresses; sign-ups and questions go to the Trash & Recycling Administrator at 970-510-1202 or trash@carbondaleco.net. Source Not confirmed: The Town has in past years run an annual Spring Clean-Up and Recycling Event with per-item fees and proof of residency, but no page describing it is published on carbondalegov.org today and the news pages that announced it return 404, so the accepted-item list, the mattress fee and the location could not be established from a Town source.
• Carbondale's own code says in terms that the Town service will not take a mattress. Municipal Code 7-3-10 defines a "Bulky item" as "refuse items that are too large or too voluminous to be placed in a residential refuse container, which include, but are not limited to, furniture or appliances, and small equipment", and then defines "Residential trash and recyclables collection services" as curbside collection by the Town's designated service provider whose scope "excludes the collection of organics (e.g. yard waste, brush, and food waste) and bulky items". Section 7-3-20(d) allows a hauler to set "pricing for special collection of bulky items", so a bulky pickup is a private arrangement with the hauler rather than part of the Town contract. Section 7-3-60(b) is the set-out rule and it is enforced: refuse and garbage containers may be stored in a public street right-of-way "only between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day of collection", except bear-resistant containers which may be out from 5:00 p.m. the day before; at all other times they must be stored in secure enclosures. Fines under 7-3-60(g) are $100 for a first offense, $250 for a second and $500 for a third, with the first waived on proof of purchase of a bear-resistant container and a container automatically issued and billed on a third. Section 7-3-60(d) makes any unauthorized accumulation of refuse a prohibited nuisance, with failure to remove it within fifteen days of notice a violation, and 7-3-60(e) prohibits depositing refuse where it may be carried onto a street, alley or neighboring property. Section 7-3-130 requires the Town's contractor to serve all residents except those excluded by 7-3-150 - commercial and industrial premises and multifamily buildings of eight or more units - and 7-3-160 makes the collection fee payable with the Town water bill whether or not the service is used. The code's definition of "Holiday" is telling about where Carbondale's waste goes: "the six days when the Pitkin County Landfill is closed". Source
• The up-valley alternative for Carbondale is the Pitkin County Solid Waste Center at 32046 Jack Gredig Lane, Aspen, CO 81611, about 30 miles up Highway 82 - closer to forty minutes each way from Carbondale, and the only facility in the region that recycles rather than buries a mattress. Its household price list charges "Mattress" at "$35.00" and a "Mattress/Box Spring Combo" at "$40.00". Loose household trash is $118 per ton with a $15 minimum for loads under 260 lbs, standard appliances are $8, refrigerators and air conditioners containing Freon $50, tires without rims $10 and tires with rims $15. The price list states no resident-only or in-county restriction. For a Carbondale resident the arithmetic is plain: the South Canyon Landfill is nearer and charges $15.45, and the Pitkin County site charges $35 but recycles. Source
• Not an option: Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley's ReStore, at 53 Calaway Court, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 and about 12 miles from Carbondale, is the obvious reuse option in this valley and it refuses mattresses. Its donation page lists "Used mattresses" among the items not accepted, along with entertainment centers, large particle board desks, cribs, strollers, high chairs and car seats, printers, faxes and password-protected computers, some pianos, pool tables, exercise equipment, large office furniture and armoires. It does accept furniture, appliances, housewares, rugs, building materials and sporting goods, and offers free standard donation pick-up for ground-level, easily accessible items. Store hours are Monday through Saturday 10am-6pm, closed Sunday. Source

• Resources page still labels its rate link 2023 Gate Rate Sheet, while the separate Disposal Rates page links a PDF explicitly titled 2026. Preserve the link-label discrepancy rather than interpreting every resource as current. Source
• CDPHE list of residential materials prohibited from Colorado solid waste sites: lead-acid batteries, free liquids, used oil, waste tires, electronic devices/computers. Mattresses not listed. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on CDPHE pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source