How to get rid of a mattress in Walkersville, 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.

• Not an option: The one drop-off inside Walkersville takes recyclables only, not bulky items: "A joint Frederick County/Town of Walkersville recycling program supplies a RECYCLABLES dumpster in the parking lot behind Town Hall (21 W Frederick Street, Walkersville) the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month, 8:30 am to 5 pm. The dumpster is provided for all Frederick County residents and businesses, an attendant provides supervision and assistance." A mattress has to go to the town's twice-yearly bulk collection or to the county facility on Reichs Ford Road. Source
• Walkersville Town Code Chapter 30 (Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse), adopted 12-14-1977 and last amended 9-14-2016 by Ord. No. 2016-07, puts collection in the town's hands: "All ashes, garbage, rubbish and refuse accumulated in the Town shall be collected, conveyed and disposed of by the Town or by the collector so designated by the Town", with the Town empowered to regulate days, frequency and the type and location of containers. § 30-3 covers dumping: "No person shall place any ashes, garbage, refuse or rubbish in any street, alley or other public place or upon any private property, whether owned by such person or not, within the Town unless it is in proper containers for collection or under express approval granted by the Town Commissioners", and any unauthorized accumulation of refuse, of junk and debris, or of non-customary outdoor storage is declared a nuisance and prohibited. The chapter's definition of junk and debris expressly includes appliances and furniture. § 30-4: "Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, by guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in the Charter of the Town of Walkersville." Source
• The penalty Chapter 30 points to sits in the Charter of the Town of Walkersville, § C4-6 (Enforcement): the Commissioners "shall have the power to provide that violation thereof shall be a misdemeanor or unlawful and shall have the power to affix thereto penalties of a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.), unless otherwise provided in the ordinance, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30) days, unless otherwise provided in the ordinance, or both such fine and imprisonment." A person fined has a right of appeal within ten days, and where a violation is continuing, a conviction for one violation is not a bar to conviction for its continuation. Fines are recovered in the courts of Frederick County or the State of Maryland in the name of the Burgess and Commissioners of Walkersville. Source Not confirmed: Chapter 30 cross-references Charter § C15-4, which is the older numbering; the enforcement provision in the charter as published by the Maryland General Assembly is § C4-6

• 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