How to get rid of a mattress in Carbondale, IL.

A mattress is oversized residential refuse under City Code 10-1-10(D): “Other residential refuse which, because of the size of the items, will not fit within the provided cart(s) may also be set at curbside for collection provided that all items are presented in a neat, clean, and sanitary condition”, and “Additional charges shall be imposed for refuse that does not fit completely within the provided cart(s), these charges shall be set by resolution of the City Council as 'extra volume charges' and shall automatically be added to the monthly refuse and utility bill.” The City's Guidelines put it more bluntly: “All curbside refuse must be contained within the City-provided carts. Any refuse not contained in the City-provided refuse carts will not be collected and must be scheduled for an extra-volume pickup on Fridays.” Two chargeable routes exist. Extra Solid Waste Pickup runs Monday through Thursday, with “Items are to be placed curbside by 7am on the day selected” and a fee of “$15 for the first minutes, plus $7.50 for each additional and partial minute”. Extra Volume Collection is “only available on Fridays, with the exception of weeks in which the City observes a holiday”, with items out “by 7am on the Friday following this request” and a fee of “$10 for every 2 minutes of the collection”. Code 10-1-18(A)(2) confirms the basis: fees “shall apply per minute or fractional minute of collection as rounded up to the next whole minute”, and the MES Manager schedules the collection “normally no later than two (2) working days after notification”. Furniture set out this way “shall be placed in a manner which will prevent blowing or strewing on public and/or private premises”. No wrapping, bagging or plastic-cover rule is imposed on a mattress anywhere in Chapter 10-1. The set-out window is strict: not before 6:00 P.M. the evening before and no later than 7:00 A.M. on the day, with anything at the curb on any other day a Code violation under 10-1-10(J), 24 hours to remove it, and removal at the resident's cost thereafter; fines under 10-1-20 run from $10 to $750 a day.

• $10 — $10.00 per two minutes for the Friday Extra Volume Collection, which the City's form says is “only available on Fridays, with the exception of weeks in which the City observes a holiday” and prices at “$10 for every 2 minutes of the collection”. This is the route the Program Guidelines point to for anything that does not fit in the City cart.
• Plus $7.50 — $7.50 for each additional and partial minute of a Monday-to-Thursday Extra Solid Waste Pickup, on top of the $15.00 opening charge, in the City's own words: “$15 for the first minutes, plus $7.50 for each additional and partial minute”.
• Plus $15 — $15.00 to open a Monday-to-Thursday Extra Solid Waste Pickup. The City's request form states the fee as “$15 for the first minutes, plus $7.50 for each additional and partial minute”, billed to the resident's water and/or sewer bill. City Code 10-1-18 confirms the charge applies “per minute or fractional minute of collection as rounded up to the next whole minute”. The City publishes no figure for how long a mattress takes, so the total for one bed is not established.

Not confirmed: The City publishes no worked example, so how many minutes a single mattress takes - and therefore what it costs - is not established.

Not confirmed: “$15 for the first minutes” is the form's own wording; it does not say how many minutes that buys.

Not confirmed: No weight or size limit is attached to an item set out for extra-volume collection.

Not confirmed: Nothing published says where a collected mattress goes; the City makes no recycling or diversion claim for bulk items.

From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 25, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

Refuse and Recycling Program Guidelines | City of Carbondale Refuse & Recycling, 212 W. Willow Street

Extra Solid Waste Collection Request | Carbondale, IL Form Center

10-1-15 to 10-1-20, Title 10 Chapter 1 Storage, Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste | Carbondale, IL Code of Ordinances (American Legal, 2026 S-19)

Set-out is “no earlier than five (5) days prior to your collection day and no later than 7:00 a.m. on your collection day”, and “items set at the curbside for collection after 7:00 a.m. on the listed collection day will not be collected”. The refusal list is given in full and does not mention mattresses, beds or furniture: “Electronics such as computers and computer accessories; televisions and TV accessories; MP3 and IPOD players”; “Tires, appliances, or yard waste - these items can be disposed of by the City's Landscape & Special Waste Sticker Program”; “Hazardous materials, including paint, oil, gasoline, car batteries, pesticides, and other chemicals”; and “Contractor's remodeling or construction debris - residents or contractors must dispose of these items using private haulers.” Residents are told not to block sidewalks, streets, ditches or drainage ways, and that putting items out earlier than five days before or after 7:00 a.m. on the day “is a violation of City Code and may subject you to a citation”. The Code backing for the program is 10-1-17, which treats refuse at the curb on a designated date as a request for collection and makes the owner “responsible for charges imposed for the City designated solid waste collections” at a rate set by City Council resolution.

Not confirmed: The notice publishes no fee and does not say the clean-up is free, while City Code 10-1-17 provides for charges on City designated collections; whether a resident is billed for spring clean-up items could not be established.

Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named either way, so the program cannot be described as explicitly accepting them.

Not confirmed: The 2026 dates have passed and no 2027 dates are published.

From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 25, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

10-1-15 to 10-1-20, Title 10 Chapter 1 Storage, Collection and Disposal of Solid Waste | Carbondale, IL Code of Ordinances (American Legal, 2026 S-19)

Residential Spring Clean-Up Begins May 1, 2026 | City of Carbondale, IL