How to get rid of a mattress in Glenwood 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: Glenwood Springs runs a Pay as You Throw program, managed for the City by Mountain Waste & Recycling, and it is volume-based with no bulky-item allowance. Effective December 1, 2025 the monthly rates are $12.00 for a Super Saver 32-gallon cart collected every other week, $15.53 for a small 32-gallon cart collected weekly, $30.53 for a 64-gallon cart and $46.14 for a 96-gallon cart, with wildlife-resistant versions running from $27.36 to $65.82 a month; recycling is bundled into every level. If the trash does not fit or the lid will not close, the City charges an overflow fee of $13.48 per occurrence. The City's published remedies for material that will not fit are to choose a bigger cart, to take extra bags to the Recycle Center at $5 a bag, or to call Mountain Waste at 970-963-3435 to arrange an additional pickup before collection day - and for anything larger it points residents to the City-owned South Canyon Landfill. There is no curbside bulky-item, large-item or furniture collection in Glenwood Springs and the PAYT pages do not mention mattresses. Source Not confirmed: The City publishes no price for the additional pickup a resident can arrange with Mountain Waste, and does not say whether a loose item such as a mattress can be booked that way at all.
• Glenwood Springs Municipal Code Title 100 puts the disposal of a mattress squarely on the householder. Section 100.010.060(a) states that "It shall be the responsibility of the residential customer including the homeowner, property manager and/or resident to remove furniture, appliances, dirt, rocks, or construction debris from their property", and that materials set out for collection may not be taken by anyone but the customer or the collector - "Each violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense". Section 100.010.060(c) requires solid waste to be kept in containers that will not attract or be edible by wildlife, near the abutting alley or in an accessible place; 100.010.060(f)(2) limits all collections to between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with no Sunday collections except during City-wide special events. Section 100.010.030(a) makes it unlawful "to dump, throw, deposit or place any garbage, refuse or trash upon the streets, alleys or other public places" of the City except at designated waste disposal sites, (d) prohibits accumulations of garbage, junk, refuse or trash, and (e) prohibits dumping on another person's property or in another person's receptacle; by 100.010.030(i) these are strict liability offenses for which "Culpable mental state is not required". Under 100.010.040 such conditions are declared nuisances and under 100.010.050 the City serves notice requiring abatement within fourteen days. The code's own definition of "Junk" expressly includes "unusable objects or equipment such as appliances, furniture, stoves, hot water heaters, refrigerators, freezers, furnishings", so a mattress left beside the cart or in an alley is junk within the meaning of the ordinance. Source
• Glenwood Springs gives every household inside the city limits one free South Canyon Landfill voucher a year, which is the City's substitute for a bulky-item collection. One voucher per residence covers "up to 3 cubic yards (one personal-sized pickup-truck load) of non-hazardous materials" and the City names bulky furniture, metal, wire, bicycles, lawnmowers, wood and pallets, leaves and unbagged brush and yard waste as what it covers. Tires, appliances, household garbage, construction waste and electronics are expressly not covered by the voucher, although the landfill may take them for a fee. Vouchers are mailed to residents once the City confirms the address is within the city limits; the resident must present the voucher and ID at the scale, and the voucher is non-transferable and cannot be redeemed for cash. For 2026 the request deadline was April 30 and the vouchers expire July 31, 2026. Household hazardous waste is handled separately at the annual drop-off event, held May 23, 2026. Source Not confirmed: The voucher page names 'bulky furniture' as covered but does not mention mattresses either way, so whether a mattress rides free on the annual voucher or is charged the $15.45 item fee at the scale is not established.
• Conduct at the City's own landfill is set by ordinance, added by Ord. No. 21-2025 on October 16, 2025. Glenwood Springs Municipal Code 090.090.010 gives the City Manager or their designee "the authority to temporarily or permanently ban patrons of the landfill for actions deemed unsafe". Section 090.090.020 makes it unlawful to dump, throw, deposit or place any toxic or hazardous waste in or near the landfill - "This includes, but is not limited to, paint, thinners, oil, herbicides, pesticides or batteries. Any loads containing hazardous waste will be rejected" - and makes it unlawful "to scavenge, rummage, comb, scour, scrounge, or go through any items within the landfill property at any time", so a usable mattress cannot be picked back out of the tipping area. Smoking is not permitted on the premises, vehicle speed may not exceed 15 miles per hour, and the posted speed at the weighing scale is 1.5 miles per hour. Section 090.090.030 sets the penalties: a verbal warning noted in the landfill files for a first offense, $100 for a second, $250 for a third, a trespass notice and a one-year ban for a fourth, and a trespass notice and permanent ban for a fifth. Source
• Not an option: Glenwood Springs runs a City Recycle Center at 102 13th Street, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601, open Wednesday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed Sunday through Tuesday, and it will not take a mattress. The Center accepts cardboard, commingled containers (plastics #1-7 and cans), glass beverage containers, compostable paper, magazines, newspaper, office paper, food scraps, textiles, household batteries and electronics for a fee, and it will take household trash at $5 a bag when the visit also includes recyclables; payment is cash or check only. Its textile guidance states plainly that "mattresses, furniture, appliances, carpet, and trash" are not acceptable. Nothing mattress-specific exists in Glenwood Springs: neither the City, which owns the landfill, nor Garfield County publishes any mattress recycling, take-back or Bye Bye Mattress collection site, and the South Canyon rate card prices a mattress as a disposal item at $15.45. Colorado has no statewide mattress recycling program. Source
• Not an option: Habitat for Humanity of the Roaring Fork Valley's ReStore is in Glenwood Springs itself, at 53 Calaway Court, CO 81601, open Monday through Saturday 10am-6pm and closed Sunday, and it does not take mattresses. Its donation page lists "Used mattresses" at the head of the items it will not accept, together 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. The store does accept furniture, appliances, housewares, rugs, art and decor, building materials, doors, windows, lumber, flooring, cabinets, lighting, plumbing fixtures and sporting goods, and offers a free standard donation pick-up for ground-level, easily accessible items - but a mattress is excluded from both the counter and the truck. 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