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How to get rid of a mattress in Fort Collins, CO.
6 local options.
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Larimer County, Colorado · 32 options, 9 free · checked Sep 24, 2026
Researched from each provider's own pages and approved for publication by Tim Sumerfield, who has worked in mattress recycling for over a decade. How we check these listings
6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Fort Collins
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Fort Collins (our Fort Collins mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout Fort CollinsBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in Fort CollinsBook a date with the city and leave it at the curb$89
- 3Drop-off options near Fort Collins5 places that take mattresses, nearest 11 miles awayFrom $40
- 4Junk removal options serving Fort Collins4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Fort Collins20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Fort Collins2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Fort Collins rules · Larimer County · Colorado rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Fort Collins
Use our Fort Collins mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Fort Collins. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Fort Collins division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.
From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Fort Collins
Fort Collins’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
A Bedder World curbside mattress removal and recycling — Fort Collins our company
Anywhere in Fort Collins; the operator publishes the ZIP codes 80521, 80524, 80525, 80526, 80528 and 80553 and 18 named neighborhoods as its Fort Collins service area.
Conditions and source
Booked online in about a minute with the exact total shown before confirming; next-day collection when booked by 5 p.m. Item is left at the curb on the collection day with no bagging, wrapping or plastic required; the crew loads it. The operator states the mattress goes to its own local recycling facility and is taken apart by hand, foam baled for carpet padding, steel springs to scrap processors and box-spring wood chipped.
Not confirmed: Only the starting price of $89 is published; the exact charge appears at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The operator's local recycling facility is not named or given an address.
Not confirmed: No published policy on bedbug-infested or wet mattresses.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 24, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
A Bedder World — Fort Collins, CO mattress removal and recycling
$89
BookCity of Fort Collins contracted bulk item collection (Republic Services)
Single-family homes and small multifamily residences of seven or fewer units per building inside Fort Collins city limits, including mobile home communities on cart service. Buildings of eight or more units, large apartments, condos and dumpster-served residences are excluded, as are HOAs holding an exemption granted before December 31, 2023. Households may opt out for $11.41 a month and use their own hauler.
The last date published for this was Dec 31, 2023, so it has passed.
Conditions and source
Every service level includes two free bulk items per year, booked by calling Republic Services at 970-416-2012. Free collection is limited to items under 60 pounds with no dimension over 6 feet; larger or heavier items cost extra based on size over 6 feet and weight over 60 pounds, with no amount published. Materials out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, collection between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., 3 feet of side clearance and 16 feet overhead. Mattresses and box springs are not named on the City's page, either as accepted or as excluded.
Not confirmed: The City's page does not say whether a mattress or box spring is an accepted bulk item.
Not confirmed: No fee amount is published for items over 6 feet or over 60 pounds.
Not confirmed: No wrapping or bagging requirement is published for bulk items.
Not confirmed: The destination of a collected bulk item is not published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 24, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
City of Fort Collins: curbside trash and recycling (contracted Republic Services program)
Free
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Fort Collins
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Fort Collins. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Larimer County Central Transfer Station mattress recycling drop-off (2026 fee schedule)
The 2026 fee schedule states no residency requirement and no commercial exclusion for the per-item mattress rate; the flat entry fee is set by vehicle type, cars, SUVs and passenger vans on one rate and pickup trucks and cargo vans on another.
Conditions and source
Central Diversion & Transfer Station at 2388 W Trilby Rd, Fort Collins, open Monday–Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mattresses and box springs of every size are taken for recycling when dry and bedbug-free; the county's gatehouse sheet rejects bed bug infested, wet, frozen and moldy mattresses and hospital beds, and warns that on mud-restriction or rainy days mattresses go straight to the landfill working face. Loads must be covered and customers unload themselves, and unsecured or uncovered loads are charged double. Mattresses are recycled by Spring Back Colorado in Commerce City. Supersedes larimer-mattress-dropoff-v1, which left the base load fee and the rejection rules unresolved.
- Plus $20 — Flat entry fee for cars, SUVs and passenger vans, $20.00 each with the Colorado surcharge included, charged in addition to the per-mattress fee. Unsecured or uncovered loads are subject to double fee.
- Plus $37 — Flat entry fee for pickup trucks and cargo vans without vertical side planks above the cab, $37.00 each with the Colorado surcharge included, charged in addition to the per-mattress fee. Unsecured or uncovered loads are subject to double fee.
- Plus $40 — $40.00 each for mattresses and box springs at the North and South Landfills and the Central Transfer Station, with no Colorado surcharge, under the 2026 approved fee schedule updated 2/4/2026.
Not confirmed: The county does not state whether commercial customers may use the per-item mattress rate, nor whether the flat vehicle fee is waived for a mattress-only load.
Not confirmed: The gatehouse sheet describing the rejection list is dated 2023 and predates the move from the Larimer County Landfill to the Central Transfer Station.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 18, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Larimer current transfer station entrance
Larimer County — 2026 approved solid waste fee schedule (updated 2/4/2026)
Larimer County — Mattress Recycling (What to Expect) gatehouse sheet
Fee not published
Visit siteCheapest
Larimer County mattress drop-off
Residency and commercial eligibility remain unconfirmed. Location is a research association.
Conditions and source
Dry, bedbug-free mattresses and box springs. Cover loads and unload yourself.
Not confirmed: Confirm base fee for mattress-only loads.
Not confirmed: Confirm residency and commercial eligibility.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 18, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$40
Visit siteNearest
Larimer County North Landfill mattress drop-off
"The Landfill is open to Commercial haulers, transfer trailers, and limited residential traffic" — limited, not open. Larimer County Solid Waste routes residents living in and near Wellington, roughly a ten-mile radius including Livermore, Red Feather Lakes, Carr and Waverly, to the North Landfill, and residents living within or near Fort Collins and Loveland to the Central Diversion and Transfer Station instead.
Conditions and source
15669 North County Road 9, Wellington, about 25 miles north of the former Taft Hill landfill, near the Rawhide Energy Station west of I-25. Hours Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., "unless we have a high wind closure"; the county says the landfill closes on high wind days. The site is not open to residents for composting. Unsecured or uncovered loads are subject to double fee. The per-item mattress fee is charged on top of the flat vehicle fee, so one mattress in a car is $60.00 and in a pickup $77.00.
- Plus $20 — Flat entry fee for cars, SUVs and passenger vans, $20.00 each with the Colorado surcharge included, charged in addition to the per-mattress fee. The county publishes no waiver of this fee for a load carrying only a mattress. Unsecured or uncovered loads are subject to double fee.
- Plus $37 — Flat entry fee for pickup trucks and cargo vans without vertical side planks above the cab, $37.00 each with the Colorado surcharge included, charged in addition to the per-mattress fee. The county publishes no waiver of this fee for a load carrying only a mattress.
- Plus $40 — $40.00 each for mattresses and box springs at the North and South Landfills under the 2026 approved fee schedule updated 2/4/2026, charged per item and marked "Recycled" with no Colorado surcharge.
Not confirmed: The county's North Landfill FAQ is dated January 31, 2025, predates the August 2026 opening, and does not define what "limited residential traffic" permits.
Not confirmed: The county's A-Z list routes mattresses only to the Central Diversion and Transfer Station, so public mattress drop-off here rests on the fee schedule pricing mattresses in the landfill column rather than on a statement that the public may leave one.
Not confirmed: No published hours or closure notice specific to public self-haul at this site was found beyond the pre-opening FAQ.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Larimer County Solid Waste — facilities and who they serve
Larimer County North Landfill FAQ Information Sheet (last update 1/31/2025)
Larimer County — 2026 approved solid waste fee schedule (updated 2/4/2026)
Fee not published
Visit siteThe other 2 places, further out
Metro Waste & Recycling bulky waste drop-off
Open to the public at large - homeowners, businesses and contractors; no appointment needed.
Conditions and source
Mattresses and box springs accepted as bulky household waste. Fee calculated from the difference between weigh-in and weigh-out. Open Mon-Fri 7am-5pm and Sat 8am-2pm, closed Sunday.
Not confirmed: No published dollar rate or load minimum on the public page.
Not confirmed: Whether the mattress is landfilled or recycled is not stated, and no condition rules are published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteLarimer County Estes Park Transfer Station mattress drop-off
The county describes the site as one of the facilities "located in outlying areas of the county and ... designed to make it easier for local residents to rid themselves of household wastes". No residency check, proof of address or resident/non-resident price split is published for the transfer station, and the Estes Park fee table sets a single rate for everyone.
Conditions and source
455 Elm Road, Estes Park. Seasonal hours: January to March and November to December, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 8am-4pm; April and October, Tuesday through Saturday 8am-4pm; May to September, Monday through Saturday 8am-4pm; closed Saturday July 4th, 2026. "This transfer station accepts all forms of payment." The Estes Park fee table also charges a minimum load of less than half a cubic yard at $22.00 per car or SUV with the surcharge included, and loose waste from trucks at $25.91 per cubic yard plus surcharge. Recyclables go to the separate Estes Park Residential Recycling Center at 640 Elm Road, not here. The schedule's standing warning that unsecured or uncovered loads are subject to double fee applies.
Not confirmed: The county's convenience-center page does not itself list mattresses among accepted items; acceptance rests on the 2026 approved fee schedule's Estes Park Convenience Center table, which prices them at $40.00 each.
Not confirmed: The Estes Park mattress row is not marked "Recycled" the way the landfill and transfer station row is, so the county does not say whether a mattress left here is recycled or landfilled.
Not confirmed: Whether the $22.00 minimum-load charge is added to the per-item mattress fee on a mattress-only visit is not published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 24, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Transfer Station & Residential Convenience Centers | Larimer County
Larimer County — 2026 approved solid waste fee schedule (updated 2/4/2026)
Fee not published
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Fort Collins
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.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
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The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Fort Collins
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Fort Collins
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 Fort Collins itself says
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 explicitly rejects mattresses and box springs, sleeper sofas and futons as donations. General furniture must lack stains, damage, pet damage and wear. Guidelines still publish $20 nonrefundable pickup fee beginning September 1, 2025, separately from $20 appliance processing fee. Conditional self-service dumpster disposal starts at $20, requires approval/payment first and available space; no unloading help. Source Not confirmed: Dumpster paragraph does not explicitly accept mattresses or establish recycling. Closure notice co-143 ends truck pickup July 1, 2026 despite this page fee language; do not offer current pickup. Other donation options remain unreviewed.
- Sources disagree: Operator closure timeline explicitly discontinues truck pickup July 1, 2026; all material donations stop November 1, 2026 and retail closes on or before December 1. These dates conflict with ongoing pickup fee language in co-142. Notice refers donors to Loveland/Cheyenne; referral does not verify mattress acceptance. Store is not recorded as already permanently closed on this review date. Source Not confirmed: Unresolved cross-page pickup availability discrepancy preserved; dated closure timeline is stronger current evidence but no audited resolution applied. Mattress exclusion in co-142 still applies. Dumpster-service end date unknown.
- Local rules published by the City for set-out on the contracted program: materials must be out by 7 a.m. on the collection day, Republic collects between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m., 3 feet of clearance is required on the sides of a container and 16 feet overhead, and "If carts stay out longer than 12 hours, bring them in overnight to avoid code warnings" — that is, leaving containers at the curb is itself a code-enforcement matter in Fort Collins. Participation is compulsory for covered households: opting out costs $11.41 a month and the page warns that "Not paying service or opt-out fees violates City Code and may result in action". Households can apply for variances (shared service, excess waste over 190 gallons, remote dumpster, habitability, multi-unit) under a process set in City Code. HOAs that hold an exemption must still comply with Chapter 12, Article II and Chapter 15, Article XV of the City Code. Source Not confirmed: The page cites City Code Chapter 12 Article II and Chapter 15 Article XV but does not reproduce them, so the illegal-dumping penalty and any wrapping requirement set by ordinance were not established. Not confirmed: No set-out window is published specifically for bulky items as distinct from carts.
- Not an option: The City's own drop-off, the Timberline Recycling Center at 1903 S. Timberline Road, does not take mattresses. Its accepted-items listing on the City's recycling application runs to roughly a hundred entries — cans, paper grades, cardboard, glass, plastic film, cartons, Nalgene bottles, Amazon mailers and so on — and the word mattress does not appear anywhere in it. This closes the open question left by the earlier discovery observation on this center: the City of Fort Collins operates no mattress drop-off of its own, and a resident with a mattress has to use the Larimer County transfer station, the City of Loveland Recycling Center or a private mattress recycler instead. Source
- The City's Recycling A to Z Guide has a dedicated Mattress entry, which states "Bedbug-free mattresses and box springs can be recycled at the drop-off locations listed below. Fees apply; contact location for details." It names four: A Bedder World Mattress Removal & Recycle (Fort Collins, 720-263-6094, marked "Fees may apply"), Eco-Cycle CHaRM at 6400 Arapahoe Rd in Boulder, Larimer County Mattress Recycling, and the City of Loveland Recycling Center at 400 N Wilson Ave. The City publishes no price of its own for any of them. The Larimer County entry still gives the address as 5887 S Taft Hill Road, which the County's own pages now describe as the prior entrance: mattress drop-off moved to the Central Diversion & Transfer Station at 2388 W Trilby Road, so the City's directory would send a resident to the wrong gate. Source Not confirmed: The City publishes no fee for any of the four locations and defers to each operator. Not confirmed: The Larimer County address in the City's directory (5887 S Taft Hill Road) is the superseded entrance and was not corrected as of this check.
- Fort Collins' contracted curbside program (hauler: Republic Services) covers single-family homes and small multifamily buildings of seven or fewer units inside city limits, and does not apply to buildings of eight or more units, large apartments, condos or dumpster-served addresses. It includes "Two free bulk items per year"; free collection covers items under 60 pounds with no dimension over 6 feet (examples given are vacuums, dining chairs, luggage, nightstands, card tables, wicker chairs), while "Larger or heavier items cost extra based on size (over 6 feet) and weight (over 60 pounds)". Bulk pickups are scheduled by calling Republic at 970-416-2012. The page never mentions mattresses or box springs, and the city's A-Z mattress entry lists only drop-off options. Source Not confirmed: Whether the contracted hauler will take a mattress as a bulk item, and at what surcharge, is not published by the city or in the contract FAQ. Not confirmed: No dollar figures for fee-based bulk items are published.
- Rechecked on 2026-09-22 at the city's current URL: Fort Collins' contracted curbside program still never names mattresses or box springs. The service covers "single family homes and small multifamily residences with seven or fewer units per building" inside city limits, including mobile home communities on cart service, and excludes buildings of eight or more units, large apartments, condos and dumpster-served addresses. Two complimentary bulk items a year are included; free collection covers "Items under 60 pounds with no dimension over 6 feet", with vacuums, dining chairs, luggage, nightstands, card tables and wicker chairs given as examples, while larger or heavier items cost extra by size and weight. Extra bagged trash is "$4 per 32-gallon bag". Bulk pickups are arranged by contacting Republic Services at 970-416-2012. Because a mattress exceeds 6 feet in one dimension, nothing on the page establishes that it is covered by the two free bulk items, and the page offers no mattress price. Source Not confirmed: The city and its contracted hauler publish no statement that mattresses are collected at the curb, and no price for an oversized bulk item. Not confirmed: Residents must call Republic Services for a quote, which this pass did not do.
What Larimer County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Fort Collins and its neighbors.
- Not an option: Eco-Thrift, a Fort Collins thrift store at 314 N Howes Street that has for years been the third mattress drop-off in Larimer County alongside the county and the City of Loveland, is not currently taking them. Its FAQ answer to "How do I recycle a mattress?" opens with the notice "NOTE: WE HAVE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED MATTRESS RECYCLING. YOU CAN RECYCLE A MATTRESS AT THE LARIMER COUNTY LANDFILL", above unretracted body text that still reads "Eco-Thrift accepts mattresses for recycling between 10am and 5pm Tuesday through Saturdays. There is a $40 per piece fee for any mattress or box spring. We partner with SpringBack Mattress Recycling out of Commerce City. They are able to reclaim up to 90% of each mattress or box spring and hire men coming out of prison or halfway houses", and directs pickup requests to "call SpringBack directly at 720-515-1328". Lower on the same page the store's list of what it recycles for customers gives a different figure again — "Mattresses ($35 base fee per mattress)". Store hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM - 6 PM, closed Sunday and Monday. Until the suspension is lifted this is a wasted trip, and the operator itself points the reader back to the county. Source Not confirmed: The notice carries no date and no expected resumption date. Not confirmed: The same page publishes $40 per piece and a $35 base fee for the same service; neither figure can be relied on if the service resumes.
- Eco-Thrift's donate-and-recycle page, the one a search engine is likeliest to surface, carries no suspension notice at all and still advertises the service as live: "Recycle Your Old Mattress ... we've partnered with Springback Mattress Recycling to help you do just that. We charge a low $40 base fee for each mattress or box spring, and we handle everything from there. Space can be limited, so call ahead if possible. SpringBack also offers a pick-up service if needed and can be coordinated by calling them directly at 720-515-1328." The donation center address is given as 314 N. Howes Street, Fort Collins, phone (970) 484-4224. Read on its own this page would send a Larimer County resident across town with a mattress; it is contradicted by the suspension notice the same operator publishes on its FAQ page, which is why the operator is recorded here as not an option rather than as a $40 drop-off. Source Not confirmed: Neither Eco-Thrift page is dated, so it cannot be established which of the two was published later.
- Not an option: The reuse answer across Larimer County is no, and Goodwill of Colorado — which runs the stores serving Fort Collins, Loveland and Estes Park — is the operator that states it most plainly. Its material-donations policy lists "Mattresses, box springs, bed pillows, and water bed components" among the items it cannot accept, alongside televisions, "Broken, stained or worn furniture", construction materials, automobile parts and tires, water heaters and inoperable appliances. Ordinary furniture in good condition is taken free at any Colorado location — "Goodwill still offers the option of taking your gently-used items to any of our locations throughout Colorado for no charge!" — and home collection is offered only through the paid third party ReSupply. Together with the two Habitat affiliates that cover this county, both of which refuse mattresses and box springs outright in their own published donation guidelines, that leaves no charity drop-off or collection in Larimer County that will take a mattress: every reuse route checked refuses them, and the working answer is the county transfer station, the City of Loveland Recycling Center, or a paid mattress recycler. Source Not confirmed: The policy page is statewide and does not name the individual Larimer County stores it binds. Not confirmed: No furniture bank or shelter serving the whole county was found that publishes a mattress-acceptance policy either way.
- The county's A-Z list of waste materials is the page that tells a resident where an item goes, and its mattress entry routes to exactly one site: "Mattresses" is marked "Recycled" and linked to "Central Diversion and Transfer Station (fees apply)", with the word Recycled linking to the county's gatehouse mattress-recycling sheet. Furniture, by contrast, is routed to "Central Diversion and Transfer Station or North Landfill" — two sites, not one. The A-Z therefore does not offer the North Landfill as a public mattress drop-off even though the fee schedule prices mattresses in the landfill column, and it names no donation or reuse outlet for a mattress at all. Source Not confirmed: The A-Z entry gives no fee figure of its own and does not state whether a box spring is treated the same as a mattress.
- The one county-wide rule that touches a mattress is the licensing of whoever carries it. "All waste haulers (with some exemptions) using the Larimer County Landfill must get an Annual Hauler License" to meet the requirements of the "Larimer County Hauling License Ordinance 1991-1". The license costs $35 per company per year and "All vehicles will need window decals in the driver's side window by January 31st." The county publishes a searchable list of licensed haulers. This is a gate on the operator, not on the householder: nothing in the program obliges a licensed hauler to offer bulky-item or mattress collection, set a price for it, or serve any particular part of the county, and a resident hiring a hauler to take a mattress is buying that hauler's own service on that hauler's terms. Source Not confirmed: The program page does not state the exemptions, and does not require licensed haulers to publish bulky-item or mattress rates.
- A second stale county-published address, on top of the one the City of Fort Collins guide carries. Larimer County's own hours page — the page a resident lands on when searching for landfill hours — still publishes a single address, "5887 S. Taft Hill Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526", and a row labeled "Landfill Disposal, 8 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Saturday" alongside Electronics Recycling, the Business Office, Residential Recycle Bins, the Hazardous Waste Drop (residential 8am-4:30pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; business Wednesdays by appointment only, (970) 498-5773) and the Garbage Garage Education Center. The Central Diversion & Transfer Station at 2388 W Trilby Road is not named anywhere on the page. Against the county's own disposal page, which states the Transfer Station and North Landfill opened on August 3, 2026 and gives 2388 W Trilby Rd as the disposal address with the Taft Hill entrance retained for household hazardous waste, the hours page would send someone carrying a mattress to a gate that no longer takes general disposal. The holiday closures it lists — New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas — are the county's, and are not contradicted elsewhere. Source Not confirmed: The county has not updated this page since the move, so the hours shown cannot be relied on as the Central Diversion & Transfer Station's hours; those come from the disposal page instead.
- Larimer County runs no collection of any kind, bulky items included, and says so plainly in its own words. Asked whether Republic Services' residential collection forms part of the county's public-private partnership, the Solid Waste Department answers: "No. The hauling/collection and disposal are completely separate processes from one another, and the county is not involved in the hauling/collection operations in Larimer County." It then sets out who does collect, town by town: "Currently, citizens of Larimer County such as those living in the Town of Estes Park and Town of Wellington have the choice to contract their waste hauler of choice in what is known as a 'Pure Open Market'. Citizens of Loveland's trash collection is managed through what is known as a 'Municipal Hauling Utility' where the city owns and operates all their own equipment. The City of Fort Collins has recently initiated a 'contracted hauling system' for all single-family, duplex, and small multifamily homes (with seven or fewer units) in the community." The county's own role is infrastructure: the department "has the full responsibility to design, construct, fund and operate the new solid waste infrastructure facilities" — a new landfill, transfer station, recycling center, compost and food waste facility and a construction and demolition processing facility — and selected Republic Services as its P3 partner for the North Landfill, Central Transfer Station and Materials Recovery Facility. There is therefore no county bulky-item pickup for unincorporated residents, no county mattress collection, and no county program a town could join; a household in unincorporated Larimer buys collection from a hauler of its own choosing or self-hauls. Source Not confirmed: The FAQ is dated February 17, 2023, before the transfer station and North Landfill opened; the county publishes no more recent statement of its collection position, and nothing found on larimer.gov contradicts it. Not confirmed: No county-wide free dump day, amnesty event, clean-up voucher or subsidized mattress program was found on larimer.gov; the county's only free residential program found is household hazardous waste, which excludes mattresses.
Colorado mattress disposal rules
- 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
Questions people ask about Fort Collins
Is there free mattress disposal in Fort Collins?
Yes: City of Fort Collins contracted bulk item collection (Republic Services); Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Fort Collins?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Colorado?
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.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.