How to get rid of a mattress in Rockville, 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.

• What a Rockville household actually pays for refuse service is set by resolution, not per item. Resolution No. 05-26, adopted by the Mayor and Council on May 4, 2026 under City Code Section 20-6, establishes "the following service charge rate for municipal refuse collection service ... for each single-family residence: FY 2027 $585.00". The resolution adds that the amount "shall be levied and collected in all respects in the same manner as regular taxes are collected, and unpaid refuse service charges shall be a lien on the property served", and that "said service charge may not be reduced or suspended for reason of property vacancy or for any other reason". It also sets charges for carts not returned after a residence is vacated: $38.94 for a 35-gallon cart, $45.90 for a 45-gallon, $46.41 for a 65-gallon and $52.01 for a 95-gallon. No bulk collection or per-item charge appears in the resolution. Source Not confirmed: The resolution sets no bulk-collection charge, and the city publishes no other adopted fee for a bulk waste appointment
• Dumping a mattress anywhere but the curb on an appointed day is an offense under Rockville City Code § 13-62 (Littering), which defines litter as "all rubbish, waste matter, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead animals or other discarded materials of every kind and description" and makes it "unlawful for any person to dump, deposit, throw or leave, or to cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter on any public or private property in this City" unless the property is designated for disposal and the person is authorized to use it, the litter is placed in a receptacle installed on the property, or the person is the owner or tenant in lawful possession or has their consent. Where litter is dumped from a vehicle with two or more occupants and the responsible occupant cannot be determined, the owner if present, otherwise the operator, is presumed responsible. The chapter's editor's note records that "In the absence of provisions indicating otherwise, violations of this chapter are municipal infractions." Source
• Rockville City Code § 1-9 sets the penalty behind the solid waste and littering chapters: "Unless provided otherwise, all violations of this Code are municipal infractions", a municipal infraction is a civil offense rather than a criminal conviction, and "Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Mayor and Council, the fine to be imposed for a municipal infraction shall be the maximum allowed by State law for a municipal infraction. Unless otherwise provided, each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate and repeat violation." Municipal infractions are payable at City hall. The code's own editor's note gives the figure as "The maximum fine allowed by Anno. Code of Md., Art. 23A, § 3 for a municipal infraction is four hundred dollars ($400.00)." Source Not confirmed: The $400 figure comes from a Municode editor's note citing Article 23A of the Maryland Code, which has since been recodified; the current statutory maximum was not confirmed from the state code itself
• Montgomery County's curbside bulk trash program is not an alternative for a Rockville household on city collection: "Each residential property receiving Montgomery County provided trash collection service is entitled to 5 bulk trash collections per calendar year", and "Residents with private/subscription trash service via an individual or homeowner/community association contract are not eligible for County bulk trash service." Rockville single-family homes and most townhouses are collected by the City, so the six-a-year city bulk service is the one that applies; Rockville apartments, condominiums and businesses are directed to Montgomery County requirements instead. 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