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

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

Havertys

Free

New mattress delivered by Top Drawer Delivery. Not stated on page. 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

Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Galesburg and its neighbors.

• Knox County's own Landfill FEES page still carries the pre-2026 schedule, and it contradicts the current table on the Landfill Department page beside it. The FEES page reads: “Knox County: Commercial – $40.00/Ton; Demo – $40.00/Ton; Decertified Dirt – $40.00/Ton; Industrial – $40.00/Ton; Manifested – $44.00/Ton; Residential – $40.00/Ton; Yard Waste – $42.00/Ton” and “Out of County: Commercial – $44.00/Ton; Demo – $44.00/Ton; Decertified Dirt – $44.00/Ton; Industrial – $44.00/Ton; Manifested – $48.00/Ton; Residential – $44.00/Ton”. Its misc list runs “Appliances – $10.00; Backhoe Digoff – $60.00; Compost – We Load – $19.00; Compost – You Load – $14.00; Foundry Sand – $24.00; Grit – $29.00; Mobile Homes – $500.00; Appliance Removal – $30.00; Pull Off – $30.00; Sludge – $40.00; Concrete – $0”, with tires “(Maximum of 4)” at “Car – Off Rim – $8.00 each; Car – On Rim – $16.00 each; Oversize – $60.00 each; Truck Tires – Off Rim – $18.00 each; Truck Tires – On Rim – $36.00 each”. Under “Roll Off Dumpster Rentals: (Includes drop off, pick up, and dumping fee.)” it lists “10 Yard Roll Off – $375.00; 20 Yard Roll Off – $400.00; 30 Yard Roll Off – $450.00; Minimum 0-500 – $12.00; 501-1000 $24.00; 1001-1500 $36.00” and “(Only available in 20 mile radius of Landfill location. See map for details.)”. The two pages are the same county's; the Landfill Department page is the one that carries a date, “As of January 1, 2026”, so its higher figures are the current ones and the FEES page is stale. This page is worth reading only for the unit it supplies — “/Ton” — which the current table omits, and for confirming that the county has never published a mattress or bulky-item price. Source Not confirmed: The county has not updated its Landfill FEES page to the schedule it published as effective January 1, 2026. Anyone quoting $40.00/Ton from it would be quoting a superseded rate. Not confirmed: Mattresses appear on neither fee page.
• Not an option: The only recycling drop-offs published for Knox County take electronics and paint, and nothing else — a mattress is outside their scope, so the trip is wasted. Western Illinois Regional Council lists, among its “Convenient Community Drop-Off Locations”: “Knox County: Galesburg (Electronics only): Report to Galesburg Transit office (567 S. Farnham St) for drop-off instructions, or call 309-342-4242. You can drop off items Wednesdays only from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Galesburg (Paint only): Report to Wal-Mart parking lot (just off North Henderson Ave. East of the garden center) for drop-off instructions, or call 309-345-3614. You can drop off items the third Saturday of each month from 8:00 am to noon. Williamsfield: Report to Village Shed (117 West Gale St) for drop-off instructions, or call 309-639-2303. Call for current hours.” The accepted lists on the same page are exhaustive and are made up of computers, laptops, computer parts and cables, televisions, printers, cell phones, game consoles, DVD/Blu-Ray players, hard drives, copiers, radios, clocks, cameras, microwaves, bagless vacuum cleaners, phones, power tools, portable battery tools and keyboards on the electronics side, and interior and exterior latex, alkyd enamel, oil-based paint, porch/floor/deck paint, oil and latex primers, interior and exterior varnish and urethane on the paint side. Bedding and furniture appear on neither list. Source Not confirmed: WIRC's own pages describe its Tri-County Council as covering McDonough, Mercer and Warren counties, yet this help-desk article lists Knox County drop-off points as well. The arrangement under which Knox County is served is not explained anywhere read here.