2026 LOCAL GUIDE
How to get rid of a mattress in Cumberland, MD.
6 local options.
Compare mattress pickup, recycling, and disposal options—with costs, conditions, and sources below.
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Allegany County, Maryland · 29 options, 8 free · checked Sep 28, 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 Cumberland
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Cumberland (our Cumberland mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout MarylandBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in CumberlandBook a date with the city and leave it at the curb$16.49
- 3Drop-off options near Cumberland3 places that take mattresses, nearest 4 miles awayFrom $12
- 4Junk removal options serving Cumberland4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Cumberland20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Cumberland2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Cumberland rules · Allegany County · Maryland rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Cumberland
Use our Cumberland 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 Maryland. 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.
- Cumberland 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 Cumberland
Cumberland’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 Cumberland Bulk Item Pickup Program (a mattress is a Category 2 item, $16.49)
Residents of the City of Cumberland on the City's curbside trash routes; the program is described as letting "residents" schedule a collection, and items are set out "at the curb with their regular trash".
Conditions and source
Booking is by telephone only: "To schedule a collection, please call the Public Works Office at 301-759-6620 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday – Friday. All collections must be scheduled by 3:00 each Tuesday for collection that week." Collections run weekly except holidays, "on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, coinciding with the 2nd trash pickup of the week for each area": Thursday for East Side and West Side, Friday for South Cumberland and Downtown, Saturday for North Cumberland. "Residents are to place the scheduled items at the curb with their regular trash." A mattress and a box spring are each listed in Category 2, so a bed set is two chargeable items. The City's curbside rules apply to the set-out: "No garbage, ashes or refuse may be placed for collection before dusk of the day before collection. Empty containers must be removed prior to 6:00 p.m. on the day of collection", with "A penalty of $50 ... for violating any of the rules and regulations pertaining to the disposal of garbage and other household refuse." Rates took effect July 10, 2025 and the page notes "Schedule/rates are subject to modification by the City of Cumberland".
Not confirmed: No limit on items per collection, no stated method of payment, and no explicit residency test are published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$16.49
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Cumberland
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Cumberland. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Cheapest
Allegany County trash sticker drop-off — M.V. Smith Refuse Site
An Allegany County residential drop-off site, priced "per resident", with a maximum of 10 bags or cans per day and "A maximum of 2 bulk items per day per resident is permitted for items requiring 6 or more trash stickers". "Businesses and commercial entities cannot use the refuse site drop boxes." The county publishes no residency check and no distinction between incorporated and unincorporated residents.
Conditions and source
Off Interstate 68 exit 62 at Fifteen Mile Creek Road, open Thursday through Saturday 9:30am-5:30pm. Orange trash stickers cost $2.00 each and must be bought in advance; a mattress or box spring up to full size takes 6 stickers and a queen or king takes 10, with a box spring charged as a separate item. Stickers are also sold on site here. Appliances with Freon, ashes, brush, dead animals, hazardous materials, vehicle batteries, liquids, lumber, stumps and fluorescent bulbs are refused; tires are taken separately by the attendant at $3 each, up to four a day.
- $12 — "6 - Mattress or Box Springs up to Full Size" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
- $20 — "10 - Mattress or Box Springs over Full Size (Queen & King)" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
Not confirmed: The county does not say whether waste from this site is landfilled or recovered.
Not confirmed: The pink-sticker price and the circumstances that require pink rather than orange stickers are not published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Trash & Landfill — Residential Program | Allegany County, MD
$12
Visit siteAllegany County trash sticker drop-off — Oldtown Refuse Site
An Allegany County residential drop-off site, priced "per resident", with a maximum of 10 bags or cans per day and "A maximum of 2 bulk items per day per resident is permitted for items requiring 6 or more trash stickers". "Businesses and commercial entities cannot use the refuse site drop boxes." No residency check is published and no distinction is drawn between incorporated and unincorporated residents.
Conditions and source
Open Wednesday 9:30am-5:30pm and Saturday 9:00am-5:00pm. Orange trash stickers cost $2.00 each; a mattress or box spring up to full size takes 6 stickers and a queen or king takes 10, with a box spring charged as a separate item. Stickers are sold on site here. Appliances with Freon, ashes, brush, dead animals, hazardous materials, vehicle batteries, liquids, lumber, stumps and fluorescent bulbs are refused; tires are taken separately by the attendant at $3 each, up to four a day.
- $12 — "6 - Mattress or Box Springs up to Full Size" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
- $20 — "10 - Mattress or Box Springs over Full Size (Queen & King)" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
Not confirmed: The county does not say whether waste from this site is landfilled or recovered.
Not confirmed: The pink-sticker price and the circumstances that require pink rather than orange stickers are not published.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Trash & Landfill — Residential Program | Allegany County, MD
$12
Visit siteAllegany County trash sticker drop-off — Frostburg Refuse Site
An Allegany County residential drop-off site, priced "per resident": a maximum of 10 garbage bags or cans per day per resident, and "A maximum of 2 bulk items per day per resident is permitted for items requiring 6 or more trash stickers due to space limitations at the refuse disposal sites." "Businesses and commercial entities cannot use the refuse site drop boxes." The county publishes no residency check and draws no line between incorporated and unincorporated residents; stickers are sold at the county Finance Department at 701 Kelly Road in Cumberland and at Frostburg City Hall, among other outlets.
Conditions and source
Buy orange trash stickers in advance at $2.00 each — they cannot be bought at the landfill itself — and attach one per bag or item. A mattress or box spring up to full size takes 6 stickers; a queen or king takes 10; a box spring counts as a separate item at the same rate. Drop-off hours are Monday-Friday 7:00am-3:30pm and Saturday 7:00am-2:00pm. Appliances with Freon, ashes, brush, dead animals, hazardous materials, vehicle batteries, liquids, lumber, stumps, tires and fluorescent bulbs are not accepted at the drop boxes; mattresses are not on that refusal list. The landfill the site adjoins is privately owned by Noble Environmental and its scales are a separate, separately priced service.
- $12 — "6 - Mattress or Box Springs up to Full Size" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
- $20 — "10 - Mattress or Box Springs over Full Size (Queen & King)" at $2.00 per orange trash sticker. A box spring is a separate item at the same price. Maximum 2 bulk items per day per resident.
Not confirmed: The sticker table says to "DOUBLE the amount for PINK stickers" but the county never says what a pink sticker costs or when one is required, so only the $2.00 orange-sticker price is established.
Not confirmed: No proof-of-residency requirement is published, so what a site attendant actually asks for is unknown.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Trash & Landfill — Residential Program | Allegany County, MD
$12
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4Junk removal options serving Cumberland
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 Cumberland
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 Cumberland
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 Cumberland itself says
What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.
- The City's own press release dates the Cumberland bulk rates, which is the check worth making on a page that carries no effective date of its own. Posted June 18, 2025 and headed "New rates for City of Cumberland Bulk Pick Up program", it states "Bulk trash pick-up prices effective July 10, 2025" and then repeats the three categories verbatim, including "Category 2: $16.49 per item - Mattresses, box springs, couches, large chairs, carpeting, padding, televisions, dressers, cabinets, bathtubs, and other large items weighing under 150 pounds." It also confirms that "Bulk pickups will be conducted weekly (except for holidays)" and repeats the Tuesday 3:00 p.m. booking deadline. So the $16.49 mattress price is current as of July 2025, not a legacy figure. Source
What Allegany County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Cumberland and its neighbors.
- Allegany County states plainly that it runs no collection of any kind: "The Allegany County Government Recycling & Solid Waste Department works to provide County residents with options for self-service recycling and trash service. Through partnerships with other area solid waste companies, residents have numerous locations available for recycling and trash drop off. Allegany County does not provide pick-up options for these services." The residential program page repeats it: "If you are looking for trash PICK-UP services, please reach out to a local waste removal provider. Our service is for drop-off only." There is therefore no county bulky-item collection to qualify for, in Cumberland, Frostburg or anywhere else in the county. Source Not confirmed: No county-wide free dump day, voucher or amnesty event is published on the county's Recycling & Solid Waste pages.
Maryland mattress disposal rules
- 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
Questions people ask about Cumberland
Is there free mattress disposal in Cumberland?
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 Cumberland?
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 Maryland?
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.
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.