How to get rid of a mattress in Eastpointe, MI.

The City's own Refuse Information page carries the mattress rule and attributes it to the hauler: "Mattresses must be wrapped/bagged per Priority Waste." Priority Waste's collection brochure for Eastpointe names bedding among what the route takes: "Items included in the bulk waste collection are furniture (i.e. couches, chairs, tables, beds, wrapped/bagged mattresses, box springs), refrigerators with freon removed and tagged by a licensed technician, and up to 5 rolls of carpet and padding," with all appliance doors removed for safety. The brochure's exclusions are about volume rather than item type: "Excluded items are large amounts of building refuse, bricks, concrete blocks, and large quantities of furnishings and materials resulting from fire, basement flooding, or similar occurences." Against that, Priority Waste's residential service page for Eastpointe sets rules the brochure does not: "Must call to schedule pick up prior to placement at the curb," and "Bulk items must be bundled not to exceed 4 feet in length or 50 lbs in weight." Four feet is 48 inches, while a twin mattress is 75 inches long and a queen or king 80, and a mattress commonly runs from 50 to 100 pounds, so no mattress meets either half of that cap. Nothing published says which of the company's two Eastpointe pages governs a mattress. The only charge published for the bulk route is addressed to appliances: "Appliances containing Freon will be charged $55/unit and paid in advance," with units stickered to confirm the Freon was removed; no charge of any kind is published for a mattress or a box spring. The set-out window is the ordinance's and is earlier than its neighbors' in the evening: Sec. 36-22(2)b requires the City cart at the curb "by 7:00 a.m. on the city scheduled day of collection and not before 4:00 p.m. the day before," removed "by 7:00 p.m. on the day of collection" and stored behind the front building line; the hauler's brochure separately recommends setting out at 7pm or later the night before and notes collection starts at 7am. Chapter 36 itself never names a mattress, defines no bulk item, and at Sec. 36-22(2)b requires a user to "place all solid waste set out for disposal in the city provided solid waste container," so the bulk route rests on the hauler's contract rather than on the ordinance. Sec. 36-23(2)a reserves to the City the right to "refuse to collect unreasonable amounts or to make an additional charge for such amounts" at "a fair charge," and no schedule sets either figure. One bedding rule is the City's own and is rarely published anywhere: Sec. 36-23(3)a provides that "The removal of wearing apparel, bedding or other solid waste from homes or other places where highly infectious or contagious diseases have prevailed shall be performed under the supervision and direction of the county health officer. Such solid waste shall not be placed in containers for regular collections." Moving a City cart to another address is a violation abated without advance notice at a cost that "shall not exceed $75.00 per occurrence." Enforcement is by the director of public works and service under Sec. 36-26, and no collection may take place between 11:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. under Sec. 36-21(b).

Not confirmed: No fee is published for a mattress or a box spring and neither the City nor the hauler calls the bulk collection free, so what one costs is not established; the $55 charge is addressed to appliances containing Freon and must not be read across to bedding

Not confirmed: The hauler's Eastpointe page caps a bulk item at 4 feet and 50 lbs, which no mattress meets, while the same company's Eastpointe brochure names wrapped mattresses as collected; nothing published says which governs

Not confirmed: Whether the call-ahead requirement applies to a mattress or only to the appliances the rest of that list addresses is not stated

Not confirmed: Sec. 36-23(2)a authorizes a fair charge and an additional charge for an unreasonable amount and no schedule sets either, so the collection must not be called free

Not confirmed: What "qualifies for" City curbside collection under Sec. 36-22(2)b is not defined, so whether a given apartment building is served by the City is not established

Not confirmed: No item allowance is published, so how many bulk items a household may set out is not established

Not confirmed: Whether an unwrapped mattress is left at the curb is not stated

Not confirmed: Where a collected mattress is taken is not stated, so the outcome is recorded as unknown

From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 7, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

Refuse Information, Department of Public Works - City of Eastpointe, Michigan

Chapter 36 Solid Waste, Code of Ordinances, City of Eastpointe, Michigan, Article II adopted by Ordinance No. 1086 of June 18, 2013

Eastpointe, MI - Priority Waste, residential service page for the City of Eastpointe

Donors complete an online pickup request form and the team calls to confirm a date. Pickup is free when items are on a porch, in a garage or otherwise easily accessible; in-home pickup is $75, paid by check, money order, credit card or Venmo (no cash); premium removal services run $100 to $125 per item. Mattresses of any size qualify if clean, unstained, untorn, pet-hair-free and fully usable.

• $0 — Free pickup when the donated items are on a porch, in a garage or otherwise easily accessible.
• Plus $75 — In-home pickup surcharge, paid by check, money order, credit card or Venmo; cash is not accepted. Premium removal services are published only as a $100-$125 per item range and are not staged.

Not confirmed: The $100-$125 premium removal tier is published as a range without a per-item breakdown.

Not confirmed: No quantity limit per pickup is published.

From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

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