How to get rid of a mattress in Grovetown, 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.

• Not an option: Grovetown, Georgia (Columbia County, in the Augusta area) collects bulk waste and refuses the mattress by name. The City's 2026 guidelines flyer says the City picks up bulk and yard waste "once per month in your area, over a weeklong period (M-F)" and that "While the City will pick up most items deemed too large to fit into a household garbage can, there are a few specific items that we DO NOT accept. These include: Mattresses/Box Springs, Carpet/Padding, Refrigerators/Freezers, Air Conditioning Units, Oil/Gas Cans, Tires, Paint/Batteries, Liquids/Hazardous Chemicals, Full-Size Sofas/Couches." Items go out "no earlier than the Sunday before your scheduled pickup, and no later than 6:30AM on Monday" of the zone's week, and items out of schedule "will be subject to action from Code Enforcement". The bulk rules also say waste should not exceed 40 pounds (appliances and small furniture excepted). The Blue Zone dates the flyer still lists for 2026 are October 12, November 9 and December 7. The City's Waste Management page says residential garbage collection is under contract with Waste Management, and questions go to General Services, 706-863-4576 ext. 319 (103 Old Wrightsboro Road, Grovetown, GA 30813). Source Not confirmed: The Red Zone flyer, with its own dates, was not read; the exclusion is recorded from the Blue Zone flyer only. Not confirmed: The flyer does not say where a resident should take a mattress instead. Not confirmed: No fee is stated for bulk collection. Not confirmed: Columbia County's recycling centers also list mattresses as unaccepted (recorded at county level), so no county outlet is named.
• Not an option: The City of Grovetown, Georgia's 2025 edition of the same bulk and yard waste flyer already carried the exclusion and shows that it was a change: "Bulk Waste - We do not pick up mattresses, refrigerators, freezers, or air conditioners of any type", followed by "UPDATE: AS OF 2025, MATTRESSES WILL NO LONGER BE ACCEPTED AS BULK WASTE ITEMS." The 2025 flyer shows every other week Monday-to-Friday pickup weeks (for the Blue Zone January 6, January 20, February 3 and so on), items out "no earlier than the Sunday before your scheduled pickup" and "no later than 6:30AM on MONDAY", and "DON'T have carpet, padding, or rug sections - or any waste - exceed 40 pounds (appliances are an exception)". The 2026 flyer moved to a monthly cycle. Source Not confirmed: The date the 2025 change was adopted, and any ordinance behind it, was not found on the City's pages. Not confirmed: The flyer says nothing about where a mattress should go.
• Grovetown's Code of Ordinances Chapter 8 (Health and Sanitation), Sec. 8-4(14), makes it unlawful to "cast, dump, deposit, accumulate, throw or leave" litter, garbage, garden trash, brush or trash on any public or private property in the city unless the property is designated for the purpose, the material goes into a receptacle, or the person owns or has the owner's consent. Sec. 8-4 lists nuisances and Sec. 8-17 makes creating or having a nuisance a misdemeanour, with a citation five days after certified written notice, each day a separate offense, and a maximum fine of $1,000, six months' imprisonment and twelve months' probation; the minimum fine is $100 for a first violation in five years, $500 for a second and $1,000 for a third or later, the fines may not be stayed or suspended, and repeated daily accrual is capped at $2,000. The chapter contains no bulk or mattress section and no set-out window. Source Not confirmed: The set-out window (Sunday before, by 6:30 AM Monday) is in the City's flyer, not the code; the chapter read has no solid-waste collection section. Not confirmed: The code's residential collection rules, if any, sit in a chapter that was not read (Chapter 9, Municipal Utilities and Services). Not confirmed: No apartment or HOA restriction was read.

• 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