How to get rid of a mattress in Frederick, 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 Frederick's Proper Disposal page contradicts its own bulk trash page and should be read with care. Under White Goods it says: "White Goods (appliances) shall not be placed out for collection. Due to budget constraints the city is no longer conducting the city-wide Bulk Pick-up Program. Special fee based pick-up arrangements may be made by calling 301-600-1680." The city's Bulk Trash Collection page, by contrast, offers one free bulk item pickup per household each year and lists appliances with refrigerants removed among the accepted items. The same page confirms several refusals that do apply to a household clearing a bedroom: construction and demolition waste is "Prohibited for collection" (asphalt, blocks, bricks, concrete, drywall, fencing, metals, plaster, rock, soil, stone, wood); "The city does not collect tires", which may be hauled to the Frederick County Landfill by the owner; and hazardous or infectious material may not be set out at all. City residents (not businesses) may use Frederick County's twice-yearly Household Hazardous Waste drop-off events free of charge. Source Not confirmed: The Proper Disposal page says the city-wide bulk pick-up program has ended while the Bulk Trash Collection page offers a free annual pickup; which is current was not established, and the fee behind the 301-600-1680 arrangement is not published
• The City of Frederick's own set-out window is narrow and published: "Trash is collected once a week. Trash should be set out after 5 p.m. and before 12 midnight on the evening preceding your collection day." Each residence may set out up to 180 gallons of refuse per collection. On rear-load routes both cans and bags may be used, "The volume on the cans or bags cannot exceed 35 gallons or 50 pounds", curbside trash "must be placed in front of the residences as close as possible to the public street" and not within five feet of a fire hydrant, and the resident supplies the receptacle. On automated routes only city-issued carts are accepted, placed as close as possible to the public street with the metal bar facing the street and no closer than three feet to any obstruction. Collections are suspended on city-observed holidays and slide to the next business day. Source
• The City of Frederick also runs a once-a-year reuse drop-off, advertised on its Bulk Trash Collection page as "FreeCycle Bulk Trash Drop-Off", held Saturday, April 18, 2026, 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the DPW Facility, 111 Airport Drive E, Frederick. It is limited to "City of Frederick residents only" within "Frederick city limits only", and the description reads "Drop off large, reusable items for others to take home for free. No registration required — just show up!" The 2026 date has passed; the city repeats the event annually. Source Not confirmed: The FreeCycle listing does not say whether a mattress is among the large reusable items it will take

• 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