How to get rid of a mattress in Northfield, 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.

• Northfield's set-out rules are unusually tight at both ends and are worth reading before booking anything. The Village's Waste Management page says "Basic single-family refuse and recycling service includes once-a-week curbside pickup on Thursdays. Containers should be placed at the curb for pick-up no earlier than 5 p.m. on Wednesdays and no later than 7 a.m. on Thursdays. Containers must be removed from the curb by 8 a.m. on Fridays." Service is arranged household by household with the hauler: "To begin or make changes to your refuse, recycling, and yard waste service, contact Waste Management at (800) 796-9696 or (866) 909-4458 for out-of-state callers." Yard waste is optional and collected Mondays April through the first Monday of December, and the Village runs an optional curbside composting program. The At Your Door service for batteries, chemicals, paint, electronics and motor oil is booked at (800) 449-7587. Village Hall is at 361 Happ Road and the refuse contact is (847) 784-3554. Source Not confirmed: The set-out window is published for containers; the page does not say whether the same 5 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.m. Thursday window applies to a bulk item set out beside the cart. Not confirmed: No refuse rate is published by the Village; WM bills residents directly.

• 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