How to get rid of a mattress in Parker, 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.

• Parker provides no collection of any kind, so there is no town bulky-item run, allowance or fee. The Town's own recycling page states: "Recycling (as well as general trash disposal) is not a service provided by the Town of Parker." It then lists the options a resident is left with: HBS Trash Services (720.547.8600), which "Provides regular recycling collection services"; the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site (DADS), which takes residential recyclables, electronic waste, scrap metal, tires, wood and yard waste; Sedalia Landfill, which "has a small self-service recycle center" taking aluminum, plastic bottles and cardboard and offering freon recovery for "a charge per load"; Front Range Recycling Services for appliances and scrap metal; and the volunteer-run Community Recycling Center in Castle Rock, described as "a volunteer organization that provides free recycling". Mattresses are not named anywhere on the page, and no town cleanup or amnesty event is described. Source Not confirmed: Whether trash collection in Parker is typically arranged through HOAs or by individual households is not stated by the Town. Not confirmed: No hauler licensing requirement is mentioned, so it is not established whether haulers must be licensed by the Town. Not confirmed: The Town publishes no bulky-item or mattress price for any of the companies it names.
• For taking something yourself, Parker's own page sends residents to two sites outside the town and to neither for mattresses specifically. The Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site (DADS) is listed as accepting residential recyclables (paper, plastics #1-7, aluminum, glass), electronic waste, scrap metal, tires, wood and yard waste. Sedalia Landfill is listed as having "a small self-service recycle center" accepting aluminum, plastic bottles and cardboard boxes, with freon recovery at "a charge per load". The Town names no drop-off inside Parker itself - there is no town yard, transfer station, convenience center or residents' dump day - and neither referral carries a mattress fee or a stated mattress policy from the Town. Source Not confirmed: The Town gives no address, hours or gate rate for either DADS or Sedalia Landfill. Not confirmed: No proof-of-residency or residency-restriction rule is stated for either site. Not confirmed: Whether either site charges a separate mattress fee is not established from the Town page.
• Not an option: Parker's own local charity does not take household goods of this kind, so it is not a route for a mattress. The Parker Task Force, 19105 Longs Way, Parker, CO 80134, open Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and closed Sunday, Monday and Thursday, publishes a donation list confined to food and a few specific categories: nonperishable food ("We ask that your donations not be expired or opened"), "fresh PERISHABLE items such as meats, fruits, vegetables, bakery items and dairy products such as milk, butter and eggs", "new or lightly-used coats, hats, gloves and boots" in cold-weather months, gift cards to named grocery and general retailers, and vehicles including cars, trucks, RVs and boats. Furniture, bedding and mattresses appear nowhere on the accepted list, and the organization describes itself as a food bank and assistance service rather than a thrift store. Source Not confirmed: The page carries no explicit refusal of mattresses; the finding rests on a specific accepted-items list that does not include them. Not confirmed: No other Parker-based thrift shop or shelter with a published mattress policy was found; the nearest local charity shop with a published refusal is Treasures Thriftique in Castle Rock.
• The Town's published trash and junk rule is the one a mattress left outdoors runs into. Parker states: "No land may be used as an outside storage area for the purpose of collecting, dismantling, storing or selling of junk, trash, rubbish, refuse of any kind, remnants of wood, metal or plastic, discarded material, inoperative vehicles or dismantled machinery", and "Refuse shall not be stored for a period exceeding thirty (30) days." It adds that "Special permitted uses within the general industrial zone district shall be exempt from this provision." Code compliance is shared between the Community Development Department's Code Compliance team and the Police Department's Community Services team. Source Not confirmed: No municipal code section number, fine or penalty amount is given on the page. Not confirmed: No curbside set-out window for containers or bulky items is published by the Town. Not confirmed: Apartment and HOA restrictions on bulky items are not addressed.

• 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