How to get rid of a mattress in Golden, 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.

• Current city page names 5280 Waste Solutions, unlike older WM search results. Participating PAYT households receive one annual large-item pickup without incremental charge; mattress inclusion is not explicit. Dedicated mattress link is broken in web retrieval. Source Not confirmed: Do not equate generic bulky allowance with mattress recycling program.
• City mattress detail reached by browser navigation offers mattress and box-spring recycling for single-family and townhomes in Golden. Excludes wet, frozen or bedbug-affected pieces. Set outside ungated driveway/front/side yard, protected from standing water and frozen ground, labeled for City recycling by 8 a.m. Page describes Tuesday pickup with Thursday cutoff and staff date confirmation. Source Not confirmed: Confirm current booking availability, fees, item limits and schedule on linked form.
• Golden's contracted hauler and the general large-item allowance, confirming the provider named in earlier research. "The City of Golden contracts with 5280 Waste Solutions to provide waste, recycling, and compost services" for City of Golden residents. Each household receives one free large item pickup per calendar year, scheduled by calling 5280 Waste Solutions at 303-277-8727. The page links a separate "Mattress & Appliance Recycling Program" but gives no detail of it on this page; the mattress program itself is documented separately and is free rather than drawn from the one annual large-item allowance. Source Not confirmed: This page does not say whether a mattress set out on the free annual large-item pickup would be recycled or landfilled.
• Golden's trash FAQs set the terms of the general large-item allowance that sits alongside the free mattress program: "Each household receives one free large item pickup per calendar year. Additional items can be scheduled year-round for a fee." Acceptable items are furniture, fixtures and appliances such as sofas, desks, carpeting and lawn mowers; unacceptable items are tires, electronics, hazardous materials and appliances containing freon. Mattresses are not named anywhere on the FAQ page — Golden handles them through its separate free curbside mattress and appliance recycling program rather than through this allowance. Contact for the program is 5280 Waste Solutions, (303) 277-8727 or COG@5280waste.com. Source Not confirmed: The fee for large-item pickups beyond the one free annual pickup is not published. Not confirmed: The FAQ does not state a set-out time or which property types qualify.

• 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