How to get rid of a mattress in Takoma Park, 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.

• Takoma Park Municipal Code § 10.08.010 fixes who the City will collect from: "The City will collect refuse and recyclables from single-family homes. The City will also collect refuse and recycling from multifamily facilities with 12 or fewer dwelling units if the owner elects City collection." § 10.08.030 requires refuse to be placed for collection in a position easily accessible to the collector; violation by a single-family home is a Class D offense, and misplacement of a bin other than a single-family resident's is a Class B infraction. § 10.08.020 requires sound bins with properly fitting lids (Class D offense). § 10.08.070 provides that annual fees for collection from multifamily facilities are established by regulation. Source Not confirmed: The annual multifamily refuse fee is set by regulation and is not published in the code
• Leaving a mattress on a Takoma Park street or on private ground is dealt with by Chapter 10.16. § 10.16.010: "No person shall abandon on any public space, public street, public alley, public right-of-way or public park any garbage, debris, paper of any type, foil of any type, tin cans, glass containers, broken glass, plastic containers, vegetable matter, putrescible matter, crockery, fiberglass or metal items, nails, iron cuttings, wire, furniture, appliances, carpeting, automotive or truck parts, tires, wood, construction material and filth. A violation of this section is a Class C offense." § 10.16.020 applies the same rule to private and rented property: household furniture, appliances and carpeting may not be maintained or abandoned outside a permanent structure, also a Class C offense. Source
• Takoma Park publishes what a code citation costs: "Municipal citation infractions carry fines ranging from $200 to $1,000 per violation, depending on the severity of the violation. In addition to the fine, the City will request an order from the Court requiring that the violation(s) be corrected (an Abatement Order)." Enforcement runs from a Courtesy Notice door hanger, with re-inspection in five to 10 business days, to a Notice of Violation with a correction deadline, to a municipal infraction citation for each code violation. An Abatement Order allows the City or its agent to enter, make the repairs and charge the owner, and an unpaid charge becomes a lien on the property. Source Not confirmed: The city page gives a $200 to $1,000 range and does not say which amount attaches to a Class C or Class D offense under Title 10
• Montgomery County's five-a-year curbside bulk trash collection is not open to a Takoma Park 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." Takoma Park's own Public Works collects from single-family homes and small apartment buildings that have paid for City Service, so the city's $15 large item pickup is the route for a mattress. 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