How to get rid of a mattress in Hampstead, 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.

• Hampstead's Chapter 73, Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse, defines the bulk category, caps the number of bulk days and prices the offense. "BULK TRASH — Large items of refuse, including but not limited to appliances, furniture, large auto parts, branches and stumps, construction and remodeling waste which cannot be handled by normal municipal waste processing, collection or disposal methods" (§ 73-2). § 73-6B: "Regular collection service shall not include removal of items such as tires, refrigerators, air-conditioning units, furniture, pipe, auto parts, trees, yard waste and other like items." § 73-8, Bulk trash pickup: "The Town of Hampstead, based on estimated revenues for any fiscal year, may enter into a contract with a private contractor to collect bulk trash. Collection days shall be established by the Town Manager, limited to no more than four collections per year." The curb rule is a hard 24 hours each way and has teeth: containers shall be placed at the curb "no more than 24 hours before the time scheduled for the collection of refuse", removed "within 24 hours after such containers have been emptied", and "Refuse containers placed near the alley or street outside of the hours allowed for collection defined herein may be considered trash subject to immediate removal and disposal by the Town and subject to the penalties authorized in § 73-14" (§ 73-5). § 73-14: "any violation of this chapter shall be punished as a municipal infraction. The penalty for violation shall be a fine of $100 for each offense. Each day a violation continues to exist shall constitute a separate offense." Each unit may put out no more than 96 gallons of refuse at a time, and no container may exceed 50 pounds loaded (§ 73-4). Source

• 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