How to get rid of a mattress in Bel Air, MD.

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.

• Bel Air Town Code Chapter 240, Article III, is where the bulk route and the curb window come from, and it is the only code in this batch that names a mattress. § 240-25A: "The Town shall collect on a regular schedule, without extra charge, all household-originated refuse from single-family dwellings, provided that such dwellings abut on a public right-of-way and that refuse is placed in approved containers of not less than 20 gallons nor more than 32 gallons in volume nor more than 40 pounds in loaded weight… Such containers shall not be placed at the curb before 6:00 p.m. on the day preceding the collection and shall be removed before 9:00 a.m. on the day following the collection." § 240-25D is the bulk authority: "The Town may collect, on an unscheduled basis, at such extra charge, if any, as the Commissioners may from time to time establish, dry yard trash, leaves, tree trimmings, flattened boxes or wood refuse, provided that such… is bundled, boxed or bagged in bundles, boxes or bags, not exceeding five feet in length, six feet in girth and 50 pounds in weight for each item, and also discarded furniture, appliances, rugs and other bulky items of household trash. Application for such unscheduled collection should be made to the Department of Public Works, which will inform the applicant of the day of collection." § 240-21D singles bedding out: "Any rags, clothing, bedding, mattresses, shoes and similar materials to be discarded which are known to carry or reasonably suspected of carrying infections or contagious substances or diseases shall be disposed of as directed by the appropriate health authorities." § 240-21A prohibits throwing or depositing "any refuse, garbage, rubbish, or waste matter of any kind… upon any street, alley, gutter, park, waterway, lot or building in the Town," and § 240-29 makes any violation of the article "a municipal infraction and any violator shall be fined as provided in Chapter 1, Article II, of this Code for each day or fraction thereof during which a violation continues." A separate Town notice on the same subject: "Out of Town refuse and waste discarded illegally in Town is a costly endeavor." Source Not confirmed: The fine amount for a Chapter 240 municipal infraction is set in Chapter 1, Article II of the Bel Air Code, which was not read during this pass

• No Maryland mattress stewardship program in effect. HB0984 (2026RS, Mattress Stewardship Program - Establishment; prior HB0858 of 2025) would require a producer plan to MDE by July 1, 2031 and ban landfill/incinerator disposal from Jan 1, 2035; legislative page shows last status as House committee hearing (2/27), with no enactment. Source
• MDE Producer Responsibility page lists electronics, architectural paint, and packaging programs only; no mattress program. No statewide mattress landfill ban found on MDE pages as of 2026-09-22. Source
• MDE Recycling page says each county and city runs its own recycling program and tells residents to check their county's recycling website or call the county. Source