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How to get rid of a mattress in Duluth, GA.
6 local options.
Compare mattress pickup, recycling, and disposal options—with costs, conditions, and sources below.
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Gwinnett County, Georgia · 32 options, 9 free · checked Sep 29, 2026
Researched from each provider's own pages and approved for publication by Tim Sumerfield, who has worked in mattress recycling for over a decade. How we check these listings
6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Duluth
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Duluth (our Duluth mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout DuluthBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in DuluthBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Duluth4 places that take mattresses, nearest 8 miles awayFree
- 4Junk removal options serving Duluth4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Duluth20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Duluth2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Duluth rules · Georgia rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Duluth
Use our Duluth mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Duluth. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Duluth division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.
From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Duluth
Duluth’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
Duluth curbside special pickup (Republic Services)
Residential customers of the city's contracted collection inside the Duluth city limits. Residents outside the city limits are served by Gwinnett County's hauler program, not this one.
Conditions and source
Effective May 1, 2024, "Republic Services, for a fee, will pick up two bulk items per week", and "Republic Services will pick up large bulky items such as mattresses, sofas, furniture, appliances." The resident must contact Republic Services directly at 678.963.2873 and "take care of payment beforehand". Auto parts, tires and any rebuilding or remodeling material are refused. Bulk pickup and yard waste are separate services. Regular carts must be at the curb by 7:00 a.m. and not put out before 3:00 p.m. the day before (the ordinance, Sec. 13-20(4), says not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before); collection runs 7:30am to 7:30pm. Under Sec. 13-23 no one but the city's designated collector may haul this waste away.
Not confirmed: No amount is published for the bulk fee anywhere on the city's site; it is set and collected by Republic.
Not confirmed: No free allowance is published, so no part of this service can be called free.
Not confirmed: No disposal or recycling outcome is published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteGwinnett County residential bulk item collection
'Gwinnett County's solid waste and recycling service includes collection of bulk items and white goods.' Five haulers collect 'in assigned service areas' — Red Oak Sanitation (North), Republic Services (East), Southern Sanitation (South), Waste Management (Northwest) and Waste Pro of Georgia (Southwest). The page does not state whether properties inside Gwinnett's incorporated cities are included.
Conditions and source
'Contact your hauler 48 hours prior to your pick-up day to schedule collection', or submit a request through the county's online bulk pickup form. Bulk items and white goods are covered by the base service fee, $24.14 per month or $289.68 for the year in 2026 and $25.01 per month or $300.12 for the year in 2027, with a reduced rate for residents aged 62 and over. Appliances must be emptied and have Freon removed and tagged by a qualified technician. Mattresses are not named individually; they fall under the generic bulk-item category.
Not confirmed: Eligibility is not published: the page does not say whether city properties are included in the county program.
Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named explicitly.
Not confirmed: No per-item charge, quantity limit or wrapping rule is published.
Not confirmed: No disposal outcome is published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Gwinnett County — Solid Waste Management residential services
Fee not published
Visit siteFurniture Bank of Metro Atlanta mattress donation pickup
Donors inside the Furniture Bank's pickup area, which 'includes most of Cobb, Gwinnett, Fulton and DeKalb counties', confirmed by entering a zip code on the pickup request form.
Conditions and source
Mattresses and box springs are accepted in any condition. Specialty beds (bunk, loft, murphy, water beds), mattress toppers, futons, cribs, sleeper sofas and items over six feet tall are refused. Two scheduled pickup tiers are offered: a standard service described as free to low cost and a priority service at low to medium cost; neither handles large appliances or disassembly. Drivers decide acceptance at the door, and inside-the-home pickup requires prior arrangement.
Not confirmed: The pickup tiers are described only as 'Free - Low' and 'Low - Medium' cost; no dollar amounts are published.
Not confirmed: 'Most of ... Fulton' is not defined by zip code, so coverage of an individual Atlanta address is not guaranteed.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Duluth
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Duluth. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
City of Duluth Public Works dumpsters (dumpster card)
"Dumpsters are provided as a service by the City for its residential citizens who live in City limits only." Residents of apartment, condominium or townhome communities that already have dumpsters, and residents of unincorporated Duluth, may not use the service. No business, for profit or non-profit, is issued a card. Apartment complexes may use only the glass and cardboard recycling during dumpster hours.
Conditions and source
Monday through Friday 3:00pm-6:00pm and Saturday 8:00am-3:00pm, closed on eleven listed 2026 holidays, at 2450 Main Street. A City of Duluth dumpster card is required each year and is issued at Public Works on proof of a current utility bill or similar monthly statement (a tax bill under 60 days old is accepted; a driver's license is not). One card covers twelve trips; a very large load may be punched twice. Second and third cards cost $25 for twelve trips each and the fourth and any later card $50. Vehicles are limited to a full-size truck with a ten-foot trailer or a ten-foot moving truck. Staff do not help unload. Glass is taken without a punch. The accepted list runs to cardboard, lawnmowers, appliances, grills, "old/broken furniture", old clothing, broken electronics, vehicle parts and fluids, children's toys and yard debris, and the city states it "could not list every item that is accepted here" and asks residents to call 770.476.2454 about anything unlisted. A mattress is not named. For items the dumpsters will not take the city points residents to the Richland Creek Landfill at 770.271.3575.
Not confirmed: A mattress is named neither as accepted nor as refused; the accepted list is expressly incomplete.
Not confirmed: No price is published for the first card, so the first twelve trips cannot be called free.
Not confirmed: No recycling or disposal outcome is published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteCheapest
Roswell Transfer Station mattress drop-off
Open to residents and non-residents for non-construction material: "As of July 1, 2025, the Roswell Transfer Station accepts non-construction materials from both residents and non-residents." The rate turns on residence: "Proof of residence within Roswell city limits is required to receive resident rates." Construction and demolition material is taken from Roswell residents only and is "currently not accepted from non-residents".
Conditions and source
The Non-Construction Waste Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025 groups "Boxspring, Couch, Mattress" together, free to a Roswell resident and "$20 Each" to a non-resident. Bagged trash is free to residents and $3 per bag otherwise; lamps, rugs and vacuums free or $10 each; ordinary furniture free or $15 each. Hours are "Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m." at 1810 Hembree Road, Alpharetta, GA 30009. Not accepted: hazardous waste (anti-freeze, gasoline, lighter fluid, pesticides, propane tanks), yard waste (grass clippings, mulch, rocks, sand, tree limbs) and recyclables (appliances, cardboard, electronics, household batteries, lawn mowers, oil, metal, paint, tires). Roswell residents are directed to city household hazardous waste events and to the Roswell Recycling Center for those categories instead.
- $0 — "Free" for a Roswell resident: the Non-Construction Waste Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025 lists "Boxspring, Couch, Mattress" at a resident fee of Free and "Proof of residence within Roswell city limits is required to receive resident rates." Open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $20 — "$20 Each" non-resident fee for "Boxspring, Couch, Mattress" under the same fee schedule effective July 1, 2025, since non-construction material has been accepted from non-residents as well as residents since July 1, 2025. A mattress and box spring would therefore be $40.00 for a household outside the Roswell city limits.
Not confirmed: The page does not state what form of proof of residence is accepted, nor any load limit on a resident's free drop-off.
Not confirmed: The page does not say what becomes of a mattress after drop-off, so the outcome is not established as recycling.
Not confirmed: No weekend hours are published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Free
Visit siteSeminole Road Landfill — household self-haul
No residency rule is published on either the fee sheet or the bulky-item page; the department calls Seminole Road its "Public disposal facility" and offers it as a "Self-haul option for residents", while describing its Central, East and North transfer stations as commercial disposal sites. The animal crematory on the same fee sheet does distinguish DeKalb residents from non-residents, so the county knows how to write a residency rule and has not written one for the landfill gate.
Conditions and source
4203 Clevemont Road, Ellenwood, GA 30294, 404-687-4040. Open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Charging is by weight at the scale, not per item: municipal disposal is $95.00 a ton and the minimum scale fee is $48.00 for any material up to 999 pounds, so one mattress costs $48 unless it travels with a heavier load. Construction and demolition material, yard trimmings, trees, inert materials, industrial and commercial waste are all $95 a ton. Residential tires are $10 each and no commercial tires are taken; an appliance containing Freon is $48. Asbestos and large animals carry a $200 hole-preparation charge plus tonnage. The county's own bulky-item page points households here as the alternative to a fee-based curbside collection, noting "Pay-per-weight pricing" and that construction materials are accepted.
Not confirmed: The $48 minimum comes from the county's April 2026 fee sheet; the bulky-item page cites a gate minimum of $16.50 and $99.80 per ton in its dead-animal paragraph. The two are not reconciled anywhere on the county site.
Not confirmed: No mattress-specific rate is published, and nothing says whether bedding is recycled; a landfill gate implies disposal and no recovery is claimed.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
DeKalb County, Georgia — Landfill, Transfer Station and Animal Crematory Fees (PDF)
$48
Visit siteThe other 1 place, further out
CHaRM DeKalb mattress and box spring drop-off (by appointment)
Open to residents and businesses: the fee page prices both and states no residency rule. Appointments are required.
Conditions and source
1225 Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30032, 404-600-6386. By appointment only, Wednesdays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.; closed October 22, November 25 (early), 26 to November 28, 24 to December 28, December 31 and January 1. "Home mattresses and box springs" are charged "$15 TWIN/FULL; $18 QUEEN/KING PER MATTRESS OR BOX SPRING", the same for residents and businesses, and the page links a "MATTRESS RECYCLING VIDEO". The same non-profit's mattress post, recorded for CHaRM Atlanta, accepts spring mattresses only and refuses foam, foam toppers and wet or heavily soiled mattresses.
- $15 — Twin and full mattresses and box springs, each, at CHaRM DeKalb ("$15 TWIN/FULL ... PER MATTRESS OR BOX SPRING"); the same for residents and businesses. Appointment required.
- $18 — Queen and king mattresses and box springs, each, at CHaRM DeKalb ("$18 QUEEN/KING PER MATTRESS OR BOX SPRING"); the same for residents and businesses. Appointment required.
Not confirmed: The fee page does not distinguish the two sites; it is not stated in so many words that DeKalb charges the same as Atlanta, though the page says it lists items accepted at either.
Not confirmed: No per-visit quantity limit is published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 29, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$15
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4Junk removal options serving Duluth
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.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteThe other 1 companies
The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Duluth
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Duluth
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 Duluth itself says
What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.
- Duluth's Solid Waste Collection and Disposal Ordinance (Code of Ordinances Chapter 13, version of May 8, 2026) sets the curb window and bans anyone but the city's hauler from taking waste away. Sec. 13-20(4): all residential solid waste "shall be placed on private property at the curb, alley or at the rear or side of the residences ... not earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day before scheduled collection by the service provider" (amended by Ord. No. O-2024-07, 2-12-24). Sec. 13-20(5): containers "shall be removed from the collection point within twenty-four (24) hours after the scheduled day of collection." Sec. 13-23, exclusive franchise rights: "It shall be unlawful for any individual, entity, company, corporation, or group either private or commercial other than the city or its designated garbage collector collect or haul or attempt to collect or haul waste materials other than construction and demolition waste, as defined in this chapter, or to interfere in any manner with any receptacle containing such waste or to remove any such receptacle from the place where the same are placed by the owner." Sec. 13-25 makes it unlawful to bury trash or refuse anywhere in the city limits. Sec. 13-40(c): "Any person who violates this chapter shall be guilty of a violation and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00)", with each day of continuing violation a separate offense, enforced by the director of planning and development. Sec. 13-21 leaves rates to "the agreement between the city and the approved garbage collector for the city". Source Not confirmed: The code sets no bulky-item allowance and no bulky-item charge; Sec. 13-21 points the rate at the hauler agreement, which is not published. Not confirmed: The code's curb window (not earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before) is looser than the 3:00 p.m. limit printed on the city's own solid waste page, and neither page reconciles the two. Not confirmed: The chapter does not mention mattresses or any specific bulky item.
Georgia mattress disposal rules
- 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
Questions people ask about Duluth
Is there free mattress disposal in Duluth?
Yes: Roswell Transfer Station mattress drop-off (1810 Hembree Road, Alpharetta, GA 30009); Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Duluth?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Georgia?
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.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.