How to get rid of a mattress in Chamblee, GA.

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.

• Chamblee's code, Chapter 74 (Solid Waste), Sec. 74-102(5): refuse goes out "at or before 8:00 a.m. or prior to the arrival of the sanitation trucks; this placement shall not be made before 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the collection day", anything placed after the crew has left is "at the peril of the owner" and the owner "shall be subject to prosecution" if the street becomes littered; containers come in by 7:00 p.m. on collection day (74-102(6)). Sec. 74-102(9): "Inoperative, privately used or worn out household appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, dryers, discarded furniture) will be collected at the curb on an on-call basis to the department." Sec. 74-104(c): the city is not responsible for collecting "discarded furniture and appliances from private property ... except on a special fee basis". Sec. 74-72(a) makes it unlawful to dump "any garbage, refuse, litter, junk, appliances, equipment ..." in the city, and dumped material traceable to a person is prima facie evidence against that person. The litter article, Sec. 74-34(c), fixes the fine: "By a fine of not less than $200.00 and not more than $1,200.00", plus reimbursing the city's clean-up cost, discretionary court-ordered clean-up of up to one mile of road, and publication of the offender's name. Yard trimmings violations (74-109/74-110) carry a fine up to $500 or up to 60 days (74-111). Source Not confirmed: The City's page says carts may go out from 6:00 p.m. the day before; the code says not before 5:00 p.m. The page's time is the later of the two, so following it also complies with the code; the two are not otherwise reconciled. Not confirmed: The code authorizes a 'special fee basis' for discarded furniture but sets no figure; the figure is on the City's Special Pickups page. Not confirmed: Sec. 74-72 itself states no penalty; the $200 to $1,200 fine is the litter article's.
• Not an option: Goodwill of North Georgia's "Items We Do and Don't Accept" page lists "Mattresses" and "Box springs" under "ITEMS WE CANNOT ACCEPT". A used mattress will be turned away. Source
• Not an option: Atlanta Habitat for Humanity's ReStore donation page lists "Mattresses & Box Springs*" under "Items That We DO NOT Accept" (conditional acceptance "if the item is BRAND NEW ONLY"). Its ReStores are at 271 Chester Ave SE, Atlanta and 5626 Old National Hwy, College Park. A used mattress will be turned away. Source Not confirmed: Whether a brand-new mattress is accepted is left to a call to the store.

• Georgia EPD recycling resources page sends residents to Earth911's ZIP-code locator and the Georgia Recycling Coalition. It notes scrap tires are banned from Georgia landfills but lists no mattress rule. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Georgia EPD pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source