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How to get rid of a mattress in Herrin, IL.
6 local options.
Compare mattress pickup, recycling, and disposal options—with costs, conditions, and sources below.
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Williamson County, Illinois · 27 options, 8 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 Herrin
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Herrin (our Herrin mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout IllinoisBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in HerrinBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Herrin1 place that takes mattressesFee not published
- 4Junk removal options serving Herrin4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Herrin20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Herrin2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Williamson County · Illinois rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Herrin
Use our Herrin 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 Illinois. 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.
- Herrin 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 Herrin
Herrin’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.
City of Herrin Spring Cleanup - one week a year, the last full week of April, limited only by what two men can lift
Households on the City of Herrin's garbage collection, which is charged at “$19.75 per month … added to your water bill” and run by the Public Works/Water Department at Herrin City Hall, 300 N Park Ave, Herrin, IL 62948. Public Works Director Tom Somers is at 618-942-3177 and Operations Manager Todd Cornelius at 618-942-2255; the general number is 618-942-3175, Monday through Friday 8:00am-4:00pm. No booking, ticket or sticker is mentioned for the cleanup week.
Conditions and source
The City's words: “Spring Cleanup - Once per year, the last full week of April. All items must be no larger than 2 men can lift.” The list of what will not be collected is published in full and contains no bedding or furniture: “refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers, stoves, washers, dryers, dehumidifiers, ovens, dishwashers, water coolers, heat pumps, chillers, furnaces, boilers, yard waste, tree trimmings, tires, batteries, appliance compressors, construction and remodeling materials, paint, paint cans, insecticides, and used oil.” Outside that week the weekly service will not help: “City Pickup is limited to: Household garbage; 10 bag limit; No Yard Waste; No bleach on container or on trash bags; Secure cartons or boxes in bundles”, and the standing ineligible list adds “animal waste, deceased animals, poisons, explosives, dangerous or corrosive chemicals, heavy metals, metal parts, lumber, dirt, rock, brick, concrete block, tires, crates, and other construction waste”. Garbage must be out “by 7:00 AM on your assigned trash day”. No wrapping or bagging rule is imposed on a mattress.
Not confirmed: The City publishes no separate charge for the cleanup week and does not say it is free; whether it is covered by the $19.75 monthly charge is not established.
Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named on either the accepted or the refused list; the only stated limit is “no larger than 2 men can lift”.
Not confirmed: No exact date for the next cleanup, no booking requirement and no per-household limit is published.
Not confirmed: The page does not say whether an extra pickup can be arranged outside cleanup week, or what it would cost.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 25, 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 Herrin
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Herrin. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Williamson County Wide Spring Clean-Up Day (one-day drop-off at the Herrin Transfer Station)
Williamson County residents, proved at the gate. The county's words: “The Williamson County Illinois Board of Commissioners will be hosting a County Wide Spring Clean-up Day for Williamson County residents… Verification of Williamson County residency will be required.” The county draws no incorporated/unincorporated line, so Marion, Herrin, Carterville, Johnston City and the Williamson County part of Carbondale are all covered.
Conditions and source
One day a year, most recently “May 17th, 2025 from 7:00 am to 12:00 p.m.”, held “at the Republic Services Herrin Transfer Station located at 12533 Bandyville Road”. APPROVED ITEMS: “MSW (Municipal Solid Waste)”, “Electronics”, “Automotive Tires (No Commercial)”, “Appliances (Stoves, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Freezers, Dishwashers, Washers & Dryers Water Heaters, Furnaces, Air Conditioners, etc.)”, “Car Batteries-(Automotive only, Limit 1 NO EXCEPTIONS)”, “Recyclables”, “Plastics”, “Metal”. NOT APPROVED ITEMS- NO EXCEPTIONS: “No Yard Waste or Debris”, “No Medical/Sharps”, “No Chemicals”, “No Roofing Shingles”, “No Hazardous Waste”, “No Oil-Based Paint (Latex Paint is Acceptable Only if Treed with Cat Litter Mix)”. Mattresses and box springs are named on neither list, and the county publishes no fee for the day.
Not confirmed: The county publishes no fee for the event, so it must not be described as free.
Not confirmed: Mattresses and box springs are named on neither the approved nor the not-approved list; 'MSW (Municipal Solid Waste)' is approved but the county nowhere states that a mattress may be brought.
Not confirmed: The event has no standing page: the 2025 flyer is the county's most recent published notice, and the 2026 date (Saturday, May 2, 7 a.m. to noon) is known only from news reporting.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 25, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Public Service Announcement — Williamson County Spring Clean-Up Day
Fee not published
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Herrin
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 Herrin
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 Herrin
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 Williamson County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Herrin and its neighbors.
- The Illinois EPA's Landfill Capacity Report of July 2025 (IEPA/BOL/IL-2025-001) names every permitted landfill in the state with reported capacity on January 1, 2025. Its Region 7, Southern Illinois, contains five and only five: “Perry Ridge Landfill Inc.”, “Southern Illinois Regional Landfill Inc.”, “Sumner Landfill Inc.”, “Wayne County Landfill Inc.” and “West End Disposal Facility”. Region 6, St. Louis Metropolitan East, contains four: “Cottonwood Hills RDF”, “Milam Recycling and Disposal Facility”, “North Milam Landfill” and “Roxana Landfill LLC”. No landfill in either list is in Williamson County: the county has no permitted landfill of its own, and no county-run transfer station or convenience center either. The nearest permitted disposal site to Marion, Herrin and Carterville is Southern Illinois Regional Landfill at 1540 Landfill Road, DeSoto, in Jackson County, roughly twenty miles west; the Republic Services transfer station at 12533 Bandyville Road, Herrin, which the county borrows one Saturday a year for its clean-up day, publishes no gate rate, no public hours and no mattress policy of its own. Source Not confirmed: Republic Services publishes no facility page for the Herrin transfer station, so whether a household may drive in on an ordinary day, and at what price, could not be established.
- There is no mattress recycler in Williamson County and, on the evidence of the body campaigning to create one, none with published household terms anywhere in Illinois. The Illinois Product Stewardship Council's mattress page states that “An estimated 2,000 mattresses are discarded in Illinois landfills every day”, that “an increasing number of landfills have either instituted surcharges on mattresses and box springs or banned used bedding altogether”, and that illegal dumping is increasing as a result. The page names no Illinois recycler, no drop-off site and no program a household could use. Illinois has no extended producer responsibility law for mattresses — the Mattress Recycling Council's Bye Bye Mattress program covers California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island only — so nothing subsidizes mattress recycling here. Source
- The one permanent facility Williamson County itself runs takes no mattress and no bulky item at all. The county's Recycling page gives the drop-off as “211 East Blvd Street, Marion, Illinois”, open “Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.”, with the program now operated by Progress Port and the county office at 407 N Monroe, Suite 220, Marion, IL 62959. Accepted are aluminum cans, rinsed steel/tin cans, miscellaneous metals, newspaper and inserts, magazines and catalogs, bagged or boxed office paper, bagged shredded paper, junk mail, cardboard and food boxes, soft- and hard-cover books, plastic bottles #1 and #2, and standard plastic or wooden pallets, plus a shredding service. Not accepted are glass, poly, styrofoam, hazardous waste, paint, motor oil, gas and aerosol cans, motor oil bottles, plastic bags and medical biohazards. Furniture, mattresses and bulky waste are not on either list — this is a container-and-paper site, and it is not an answer for a bed. Source Not confirmed: The page publishes no proof-of-residency rule and no fee.
Illinois mattress disposal rules
- Residential body says Saturday 8–2; same-page footer says 9–1. Both show weekdays 8–4. No Saturday schedule selected. Source
- Locator retains Landfill 33 Saturday 7 a.m.–11 p.m. exactly as printed; implausible closing time requires confirmation. Two Columbus District Office cards are distinct OH and IN addresses, not duplicates. Source
- Illinois EPA recycling page offers a 'Beyond The Bin' ArcGIS map of recycling locations, an Earth911 ZIP locator and the Recycle Coach app (statewide partnership since 2025). No mattress stewardship program mentioned. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Illinois EPA pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
- There is no state mattress recycling program in Illinois, and the absence is worth stating plainly because the four states that have one give residents free drop-off. The Mattress Recycling Council, which runs the Bye Bye Mattress collection network, lists its programs on its own Programs page as operating in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island. Illinois is not among them. Three things follow for an Illinois resident: no recycling fee is charged on an Illinois mattress sale, there is no MRC-funded free drop-off anywhere in the state, and nothing obliges a retailer, hauler or municipality to recycle a mattress rather than landfill it. Recycling in Illinois is therefore a private arrangement wherever it exists at all — the drop-offs and recyclers listed on this page are businesses and charities choosing to do it, not a program a resident is entitled to. Source
Questions people ask about Herrin
Is there free mattress disposal in Herrin?
Yes: Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal; Purple In-Home Setup with mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Herrin?
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 Illinois?
Residential body says Saturday 8–2; same-page footer says 9–1. Both show weekdays 8–4. No Saturday schedule selected.
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.