How to get rid of a mattress in Meridian, ID.

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.

• Meridian, Idaho (Ada County; not Meridian, Mississippi or Connecticut) does not run its own collection, and residents do not choose their hauler: the City has an exclusive franchise. The City of Meridian's About Trash and Recycling page says: "the City of Meridian has an exclusive franchise agreement with Republic Services of Idaho for the collection of both commercial and residential trash, recycling, organic materials, major appliances, and bulky items." Bulky items therefore go through Republic under the City's franchise, not through a separate city crew. The page names no mattress recycler and no mattress-specific program, and it does not mention RRS (4081 W Chinden Blvd, Garden City). Source Not confirmed: No City page read names RRS or any other mattress recycler, so nothing establishes that Meridian points residents at a recycler. Not confirmed: The bulky-item terms themselves (ten free pickups a calendar year, mattresses named) are already recorded and are not repeated here.
• Meridian City Code Title 4, Chapter 1, the "City of Meridian Solid Waste Ordinance" (4-1-1), sets the local rules, read on Municode. Compulsory use, 4-1-4: "All residential owners and/or occupants ... shall pay for, and shall be provided, solid waste and recyclable materials collection services by the franchisee". Bulky waste is defined in 4-1-3 as "waste materials intended for landfill disposal, except for major appliances; with sizes, weights or volumes greater than those allowed for wheeled carts and containers, such as water tanks and furniture", and 4-1-9(A)(3) says "Franchisee shall collect bulky wastes upon request. Franchisee shall not enter any building or structure to remove bulky wastes. Customer shall convey bulky wastes to the curb for collection. Franchisee shall charge a fee for such special collection as established by city fee schedule." Set-out for carts, 4-1-8: "no later than 7:00 a.m. on the regularly scheduled collection day, but no sooner than twenty-four (24) hours prior thereto", with empty carts back "within twenty-four (24) hours of collection"; the code sets no time for bulky items. Dumping, 4-1-10: "It shall be unlawful for any person to burn, incinerate, bury, dump, or in any other manner dispose of solid waste or recyclable materials within city limits" and "to throw, discard or deposit any solid waste or recyclable material in or upon any street, alley, sidewalk or vacant ground"; leaving solid waste "at the curb for collection in any receptacle other than a franchisee owned and supplied container or wheeled cart" is unlawful "Except as may be allowed by the special collection provisions of this chapter". Penalty, 4-1-13: "The violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or the rules and regulations adopted hereunder shall be a misdemeanor." Enforcement, 4-1-5, sits with the Meridian Police Department code enforcement division. Source Not confirmed: The code sets no fine or jail term of its own; 4-1-13 says only "misdemeanor", and the general penalty title was not read. Not confirmed: The code says bulky collection carries "a fee ... as established by city fee schedule" while the City's bulky-item page offers ten free pickups a year; the schedule line is recorded separately and does not say which applies once the allowance is used. Not confirmed: The City's bulky-item page and Republic's guide say carts and bulky items go out by 6 AM; the code says 7:00 a.m. for carts and sets no bulky time, so the earlier time is the safe one. Not confirmed: Whether a box spring counts as furniture, and so as one bulky item, is not stated in the code.
• The City of Meridian's FY26 rate schedule, adopted by Council Resolution No. 25-2537 (the resolution recites a public hearing under Idaho Code 63-1311A and says the schedule "will supersede all previous solid waste collection fees and fee schedules previously adopted"), lists under "MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES": "Bulky Item Pickup (per item) $20.31 $21.42" (the previous and new figures). The same table lists "Refrigerant-containing units/appliances $70.91 $74.78", and $74.78 is the figure the City's own bulky-item page quotes for refrigerant appliances, so the two carry the same schedule. The resolution recites that Republic's franchise dates from January 18, 2000 (Council Resolution no. 285) and that rates are reviewed annually under Section 21 of it. Source Not confirmed: The schedule does not say whether the $21.42 per-item Bulky Item Pickup rate is the residential charge once the ten free pickups a year are used up, or a commercial or other rate; the City's bulky-item page gives no price after the allowance. It is therefore not attached to the mattress service as a price. Not confirmed: Whether a mattress and its box spring count as one item or two is not stated in the schedule. Not confirmed: The effective date of the schedule is not printed on the pages read; Republic's proposed-rates sheet for the same schedule is headed "Effective October 1, 2025".
• Republic Services' Meridian Transfer Station, 2130 W. Franklin Road, Meridian, ID 83642 ("Located Behind the Republic Services Office ... Enter at Benchmark Light"), publishes a 2025 rate card effective January 1, 2025: "Municipal Solid Waste (MSW / Grass Clippings) Cubic Yard $ 31.25", Construction & Demolition $34.25 a cubic yard, "Refrigerant Appliance Each $ 36.50", "Fee - Weigh Only $ 8.75", "Surcharge for Uncovered / Unsecured Loads $ 25.75", with metal, cardboard, mixed paper, glass and cans free, "NO TIRES OR BATTERIES", and hours "Monday through Saturday 8am to 5pm". There is no mattress or box-spring line on the card. Source Not confirmed: The card carries no mattress line, so what a mattress costs here (a cubic-yard MSW charge, a hard-to-handle surcharge, or something else) is not established. Not confirmed: The card is dated 2025; no 2026 rate card was found. Not confirmed: Whether the site takes household self-haul of bulky items from the public is not stated on the card.
• Treasure Valley Habitat for Humanity runs two ReStores, both in Boise: 10537 W Overland Rd (208-375-5256) and 4716 W State St (208-331-6653), the nearest to Meridian. Its ReStore page says the stores "accept donations of new and gently used furniture, appliances, home decor, and building supplies" and lists accepted categories including "CABINETS AND FURNITURE" and "FURNITURE & HOME DECOR". The "Items not accepted" list names dishwashers, tubs, clothing and books, glass, paint, blinds, shower doors, bulbs, older water heaters, garage door openers and long light fixtures. A mattress appears on neither list, and the page says "ReStore reserves the right to respectfully refuse any item offered for donation." Source Not confirmed: A mattress is neither accepted nor refused on the page; the absence from an itemized not-accepted list is a gap, not a refusal and not an acceptance. Not confirmed: Neither ReStore is in Meridian, and the page shows no Meridian or west-Ada drop-off.

• The Almo roll-off station is a real, separate district facility and the "Oakley Transfer Station Accepts" heading printed above its accepted-items list is a mislabelled panel, not a sign that the Almo card belongs to Oakley. The district's own FY-27 customer pricing enumerates the Cassia County sites by name as "Albion Oakley Malta Almo", giving each one its own rate table, and Almo's table is not a copy of Oakley's: where Albion, Oakley and Malta each show "Mixed Municipal Solid Waste No Charge" in county and a "Wood Waste No Charge" row, Almo's table shows "Mixed Municipal Solid Waste $12.00/CY" in county and carries no wood waste row at all. That matches the accepted list under the Almo card on the locations page, which lists municipal solid waste, mixed construction, demolition waste, freon-containing white goods, tires, scrap metal and batteries and omits the "Clean green wood waste" that the Oakley card's list includes - the two lists differ in exactly the way the two price tables differ. The Almo card also carries its own address, 2480 Almo/Elba Rd, its own telephone number, 208-638-5565, and hours of Thursday through Saturday 8:30am-5:30pm, all distinct from the Oakley card at 985 S Worthington with 208-539-0342. The panel headings are demonstrably unreliable on this page: the Albion and Oakley cards are both labeled "ROLL-OFF STATION" while their headings read "Albion Transfer Station" and "Oakley Transfer Station". So the identity is right and the heading is wrong, and the list under the Almo card is Almo's list. Source
• What the district actually lists, in full, is fourteen facilities: one landfill, nine transfer stations and four roll-off stations. Milner Butte Landfill, 1050 W 400 S Burley, 208-432-9082, Mon-Sat 8:00am-4:30pm. Nine transfer stations: Twin Falls, 2186 Orchard Dr E Twin Falls, 208-734-3139, Mon-Sat 7:30am-5:00pm; Jerome County, 1178 Highway 25 Jerome, 208-825-4150, Mon-Sat 8:00am-5:30pm; Ohio Gulch, 110 Ohio Gulch Rd Hailey, 208-788-2351, Mon-Sat 8:00am-5:00pm; Minidoka County, 325 N 400 W Rupert, 208-438-5593, Mon-Sat 7:30am-5:00pm; Gooding County, 2743 Highway 46 Wendell, 208-536-2181, Mon-Sat 8:00am-5:30pm; Lincoln County, 120 N Highway 75 Shoshone, 208-731-8510, Mon-Sat 9:30am-5:30pm; West End, 4200 N 900 E Buhl, 208-543-4054, Mon-Sat 9:00am-5:00pm; Carey, 19299 US-20 Carey, 208-823-4308, Wed-Sat 8:00am-5:00pm; Hub Butte, 2900 N 2800 E Twin Falls, 208-734-5271, Mon-Fri 9:00am-5:00pm. Four roll-off stations: Oakley, 985 S Worthington Oakley, 208-539-0342; Albion, 760 S Highway 77 Albion, 208-673-6610; Malta, 2450 E 1760 S Malta, 208-645-2675; Almo, 2480 Almo/Elba Rd Almo, 208-638-5565. The FY-27 pricing schedule enumerates the same thirteen non-landfill sites independently, grouped by county - Twin Falls County: Twin Falls, Hub Butte, Buhl; Jerome; Blaine: Ohio Gulch, Carey; Minidoka; Gooding; Lincoln; Cassia: Albion, Oakley, Malta, Almo - plus Milner Butte. The whole site is thirty-six pages and holds no per-facility pages, so these two lists are the district's only enumerations and they agree exactly. Source
• District is a local-government unit for Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls. Overview claims one landfill plus fourteen transfer stations; the linked directory contains fourteen total facility cards. Source
• Idaho DEQ says it does not directly regulate recycling facilities and links a 'Contact County Solid Waste Departments' document for local options. No mattress content. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Idaho DEQ pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
• Every rate published by the Southern Idaho Solid Waste District - which is the disposal authority for Blaine, Cassia, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin Falls counties - comes from its FY-27 customer pricing schedule, and that schedule takes effect on October 1, 2026. It is the only schedule the district publishes: the preceding year's rates are not on its site, so there is no earlier figure to quote and no way to compare the two. A reader who checks a district price before October 1, 2026 is reading the incoming rate rather than the one in force that day, and should expect the published figure to be what they are charged from that date onward. The rates themselves are recorded against each county's own facilities. Source