How to get rid of a mattress in Colorado Springs, 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: Operator policy for its two Colorado Springs ReStores rejects mattresses, box springs, bedding and waterbeds/accessories. Locations 6250 Tutt Blvd and 411 S Wahsatch Ave. General accepted donations must be saleable and safe, subject to staff discretion. Free pickup requires at least two qualifying items, outside/garage; paid ReSupply assistance separately quoted. Neither pickup offer overrides mattress exclusion. Source Not confirmed: No mattress donation route here; textile recycling for clothing/shoes does not establish mattress recycling. Third-party mattress disposal eligibility, destination and charges unverified.
• Not an option: Silver Key donation-guideline PDF explicitly rejects mattresses, box springs and bed pillows. General small-furniture acceptance does not override rejection. Document says donation pickup unavailable and prohibits after-hours deposits. Hospital-bed acceptance requires advance capacity check and is not permission to donate an ordinary mattress. Source Not confirmed: Document has no explicit effective date; URL upload path July 2024. PDF text reviewed, screenshot failed Cache miss; visual check and current linked-version confirmation pending. No mattress disposal service, price or destination established.
• Not an option: Colorado Springs Refugee and Asylee Program PDF lists bed frames/mattresses twin/full/queen NEW ONLY, despite general new-or-gently-used introduction. King-sized beds rejected. Furniture equips apartments for arriving refugee families. Pickup requires advance scheduling, generally unavailable on short notice and never weekends. Source Not confirmed: Not an option for used mattress disposal; new-item donation remains conditional. Effective date, current availability, coverage, box-spring acceptance and pickup fee unknown. PDF text reviewed; screenshot Cache miss means visual confirmation pending. No pickup requested.
• The local rule that actually bites in Colorado Springs is a storage rule, not a set-out rule, because the city runs no collection to set anything out for. The city's own common-code-violations page states that "Appliances, furniture, manufactured goods, and personal items needs to be stored inside an enclosed building or out of view in a rear yard", and that "Garbage and household waste needs to be discarded and stored in a clean and sanitary manner that prevents it from becoming a home for rodents or to keep it from putrefying." A mattress waiting in a front yard, a driveway or an alley is therefore a code violation in its own right. The page lists no bulky-item set-out window, no items-per-pickup allowance and no wrapping requirement, consistent with a city that operates no collection; it also flags separate bear-resistant trash can requirements in designated areas. Source Not confirmed: The page states no fine amount, abatement period or appeal route for a furniture-storage violation. Not confirmed: City Code sections 6.4.103 and 6.4.104 (solid waste collection responsibility and preparation for collection) and 9.6.202 (littering) sit on a third-party code library that refused automated retrieval, so their exact text and penalties are unverified here. Not confirmed: No Colorado Springs ordinance requiring a mattress to be wrapped or bagged was found.
• City's own waste plan page describes residential collection as an open subscription market served by competing private haulers ("Open-market challenges: Fragmented hauler market reduces route efficiency"; residents cite "inconsistent hauler guidelines" and lack of city-level messaging). The page describes no city-operated curbside trash, recycling or bulk-item collection, and no city mattress program; residents contract with a private hauler or self-haul. Source Not confirmed: The absence of a city bulk-item program is read from the city's waste pages, which never state it in so many words. Not confirmed: Hauler licensing rules and any hauler-by-hauler bulky-item terms are not published here.
• Not an option: Springs Rescue Mission's donate-goods page explicitly lists "Furniture or mattresses" among items it is not able to accept, along with large appliances, televisions, auto parts and medical supplies. Donors are also told not to donate broken or soiled items or leave items outside the building. Source
• Not an option: Goodwill of Colorado's material-donations policy lists "Mattresses, box springs, bed pillows, and water bed components" under "NO THANK YOU! We cannot accept the following items". Furniture is accepted only when not broken, stained or worn. This is the statewide policy of the organization whose stores serve Colorado Springs and southern Colorado. 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