How to get rid of a mattress in Cambridge, 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.

• The City of Cambridge Department of Public Works letter that introduced the Chesapeake Waste contract is the only city document that states a bulk item limit and the refuse charge. 'Bulk Collection: The City of Cambridge staff will continue to collect Bulky Trash items. Bulky Trash Collection is provided by appointment only. To schedule an appointment, please contact the Dept. of Public Works at 410-228-1955, Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Bulk Trash will be collected on Wednesday's except for the last Wednesday of the month, for those residents that have scheduled an appointment. Residents may place a maximum of 3 bulk items at curbside on their scheduled collection day. Items that fit in a tote should be placed in the tote.' Metal bulk items - washers, dryers, stoves, refrigerators with doors removed, grills, patio furniture, tables, push mowers, bicycles, hot water heaters - are collected separately 'on the last Wednesday of each month'. On billing: 'the monthly refuse collection fee will be included on the Municipal Utilities Commissions water bill; Residential $14.25 monthly; Commercial $42.75 monthly'. The letter also requires that materials 'must be generated by the resident at that property. They are NOT to be transferred from other properties inside or outside of the City of Cambridge.' The letter dates from the 2017 change-over, and the city's 2025 press release and its current bulk sheet both describe bulk collection differently - Wednesdays here, 'your last garbage day of each week' on the bulk sheet, and scheduling now with Chesapeake Waste rather than Public Works. Source Not confirmed: The 2017 letter's three-item limit, Wednesday schedule and $14.25 monthly fee have not been restated on any current city page, and the collection day it gives conflicts with the city's bulk item sheet.

• 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