How to get rid of a mattress in Westminster, 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.

• Westminster City Code Chapter 130, Solid Waste, sets the rules behind the bulk route and prices the offense a reader is most likely to commit. "BULK TRASH — Large items of refuse, including but not limited to appliances, furniture, large auto parts, trees, branches and stumps and construction and remodeling waste which cannot be handled by normal municipal waste processing, collection or disposal methods" (§ 130-2). Weekly collection does not reach it: "Regular collection service shall not include removal of items such as tires, crates, refrigerators, stoves, air conditioners, chairs, pipe, auto parts, mufflers, trees and other like items. Owners or occupants of any premises shall have these items removed as provided in § 130-7" (§ 130-5B). § 130-7A: "The Mayor and Common Council is authorized to establish in the General Fee Ordinance a service charge by the City for bulk pickup of large items, including but not limited to appliances and furniture, to be implemented by a sticker purchase system or by such other means as designated by said ordinance." Penalties, all municipal infractions: dumping solid waste "upon the land or property of another without written consent first having been obtained from the owner of the property" is "a fine of $400 for each offense" (§ 130-18); collecting or hauling solid waste in the City without a permit is also "$400 for each offense" (§ 130-4); on-site burial or burning is "$100 for each offense" (§ 130-19); breaching a collection regulation made under § 130-3 is "a fine of $25 for each offense". Source Not confirmed: § 130-7A only authorizes a bulk pickup service charge; no such charge is in force in the published fee chapter. Chapter A175, Fees, now contains Article I, Utility Fees, alone, and its editor's note records that "Former Art. I, General Fees, adopted 12-8-2008 by Ord. No. 798, as amended, was repealed 6-29-2020 by Ord. No. 925." Whether an unpublished bulk charge or sticker system exists outside the code was not established
• Not an option: The nearest ReStore to every town in this batch's Carroll County half will not take a used bed, and says so in a list. Carroll County Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, 433 Hahn Rd, Westminster, MD 21157, 410.751.5200, publishes "Items we CAN accept" including "Mattresses (NEW ONLY)", and under "Items we CAN'T accept": "Used mattresses / box springs", "Futons, sofa beds", "Bed Frames (unless part of a set)" and "Bed linens or towels". A separate current notice adds "We are currently NOT ACCEPTING the following items; Beds (Unless part of a full bedroom set (bed frame with side tables and dressers) Bunk beds will continue to be accepted)". Store hours are Tuesday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., with the donation center and pick-up Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; free donation pick-up is offered within Carroll County for larger items but only for items that fit the guidelines. A used mattress is therefore not a donation route anywhere in Carroll County through this store. 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