How to get rid of a mattress in Longmont, 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.

• Sources disagree: 2026 event runs October 5–17, by reservation for Longmont residents. First mattress or box spring is free, additional pieces $35. The same page also lists furniture including mattresses under not-accepted items; this is an unresolved internal inconsistency. Source Not confirmed: Resolve conflicting acceptance table before recommending event. Not confirmed: Verify venue, booking availability and condition restrictions.
• St Vrain ReStore at 33 S Pratt Parkway, Longmont accepts donations Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Staff decides acceptance; goods must be clean, working and saleable. Furniture cannot have stains, tears, pet damage, heavy wear, burns or extensive odors. Staff does not repair, recycle or dispose of unusable donations. Free pickup language requires advance scheduling and ground-floor outside/garage access, no entering homes or stairs; booking link goes to ReSupply. Source Not confirmed: Exact mattress/box-spring eligibility needs current list verification. Free staff pickup versus linked third-party pricing/coverage unresolved; no mattress pickup or recycling guaranteed.
• Current operator page links one-page donation PDF (filename March 2025; upload January 2026). Extract lists Used Mattresses beside incomplete bed-frame/headboard items in Furniture/Household Goods YES/NO layout, and explicitly says no clothing, linens or soft goods; staff has final discretion based on condition/inventory. No fees or mattress destination stated. Source Not confirmed: Screenshot failed Cache miss; YES/NO column placement not visually verified, so mattress row is not promoted to a definitive current acceptance decision. Main ReStore page also exposes August 2026 donation-list image; reconcile versions. Box-spring treatment unknown.
• Not an option: Refusal by omission at the site Longmont residents assume is the answer. The Longmont Recycling Center, 140 Martin St., Longmont, CO 80501, is free for incorporated City of Longmont residents for non-commercial use, proved with "your City of Longmont Trash & Recycle utility bill (less than 6 months old) and identification." Cardboard and single-stream bins are open 24/7; the yard waste, food waste, styrofoam and metal areas open Monday-Saturday 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The accepted list is yard waste, tree limbs and leaves, single-stream recyclables, food scraps, rechargeable and alkaline batteries, used automotive and cooking oil (maximum five gallons per visit), white block styrofoam, plastic bags, scrap metal and holiday recycling. No mattress, box spring, bedding or furniture category appears anywhere on it, which matches the city's own mattress FAQ sending mattresses to scheduled large-item pickup instead. Non-residents may use the site for yard materials only, at $20 to $40 depending on vehicle; the site takes cash or checks only. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses are absent from the accepted list rather than named in an exclusion list, so the page carries no explicit refusal sentence. Not confirmed: Scrap metal is accepted but the page does not say whether a stripped metal bed frame or box spring frame qualifies.

• 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