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

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.

• For a Moline household the nearest facility that prints a mattress price is across the Mississippi in Iowa, and it is cheap. The Waste Commission of Scott County's landfill fee schedule, effective July 1, 2026, lists "Mattresses or Box Springs: $20 each". The Scott Area Landfill is at "11555 110th Avenue (County Road Y-48, Buffalo) Davenport, IA 52804", open 7 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Saturday. Other rates are municipal solid waste (compacted garbage) $35.80 a ton and construction, demolition and household garbage $40.25 a ton, with a "$30 min. charge" for residents and "$40.25 min. charge" for businesses; Freon-containing appliances are $15 each. Payment is by credit or debit card, cash or local check at the time of service. The Commission's only stated origin restriction is on Iowa waste: "Waste generated from anywhere in Iowa other than Scott County can only be accepted with prior approval." Loads of five or more mattresses should be scheduled in advance. Moline city limits are roughly a twenty-minute drive from the gate. Source Not confirmed: The Commission's published origin rule covers Iowa waste only and says nothing either way about household waste generated in Illinois, so whether a Moline resident may tip a mattress there at the $20 rate is not established on the published page. Not confirmed: The schedule does not say whether a mattress is recycled or landfilled, and publishes no condition rule for a wet, soiled or infested one.
• Moline itself treats the Iowa side of the Quad Cities as the local answer for things its trucks will not take, which is worth knowing before assuming the state line stops anything. The City's own garbage FAQ tells residents: "Household hazardous materials may be disposed of at no charge. Call the Scott Area Landfill at 563.381.1300 for an appointment and drop-off directions." The same FAQ handles the two categories excluded from bulky item pickup by routing them back to the curb at no charge - "Residents may dispose of household appliances/ white goods free by calling 1.877.934.5378 to schedule a time for curbside pick-up" and "Residents may dispose of used tires for free by calling, 1.877.934.5378 to schedule a time for curbside pick-up". The City publishes no drop-off site of its own, no city yard and no residents' dump day; the FAQ names no mattress route other than the bulky item program. Source Not confirmed: The City directs residents to the Scott Area Landfill for household hazardous waste only, and does not say whether the same cross-river route is open for a mattress.
• Not an option: The Quad Cities Habitat ReStore, the obvious reuse stop for a Moline household, will not take a mattress. Habitat for Humanity Quad Cities publishes that the ReStore "cannot accept" "box springs or mattresses", along with "bunk beds, loft beds" and "waterbeds & accessories". It also refuses anything "unsafe, unclean, broken or needs repair" or "anything with mold", and all donations require ReStore staff approval. The store is at 3629 Mississippi Ave., Davenport, IA 52807, with donation hours Tuesday and Wednesday 10am-3pm, Thursday and Friday 10am-6pm and Saturday 10am-3pm, at 563-391-4949. Its separate Health & Home operation, which takes home medical equipment, cannot accept "Foam items (unless new)". Source

• 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