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

The allowance is one item: the city's 2026 collection flyer states "Residents are allowed one (1) large item (ie: stove, sofa, etc) per week." There is no booking step - trash, recycling, compost and bulky items are all collected on the one weekly route, which is Wednesday, and "You MUST have ALL materials out by 6:00 a.m. on your service day." The ordinance sets the earliest set-out at Section 2.4(1): "No refuse shall be placed at the curb or street for collection before 6:00 p.m. of the day prior to the morning of the time scheduled for collection", with containers removed the same day. Ordinary trash must be bagged, in containers no larger than 30 gallons under Section 2.2(1) and the city's Trash page, with nothing over 50 pounds, and "Residents are limited to 15 bags of compost per week and garbage. These rules are strictly enforced." The flyer's refusal list is "Tires, concrete, fencing, any construction/building materials, free liquids (paints, pesticides, etc), car parts, appliances containing Freon, fluorescent bulbs, and car batteries", plus "ABSOLUTELY NO EVICTION PILES OR EXCESSIVE CLEANOUTS OR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS (homeowners are responsible for the removal (ie: dumpster)" - a mattress is on neither the allowed examples nor the refusals. The ordinance comes closer: Section 2.13, Special materials collection, covers "refuse too big for normally scheduled weekly trash" collected "on certain designated days" set by the superintendent, listing "Lumber" and "Furniture such as sofas, tables, television sets, beds, hot water heaters, television antennas and towers, storm doors and windows, screens" - beds by name, a mattress not. Section 2.11(2) adds that "There will be a Spring and Fall Cleanup Week to be held each year. Specific dates will be announced by publication by the superintendent. Large and bulky items, appliances, furniture and fixtures which do not constitute normal refuse will be picked up when placed at the curb during these weeks." Section 2.10(1) states flatly that "There will be no limit to the quantity of refuse that is set out by residential homeowners or occupants", which the hauler's flyer narrows to one large item and 15 bags a week without the two being reconciled. Observed holidays are New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day, and a holiday on or before the scheduled day pushes pickup a day later. Under Section 2.19 any violation of the chapter is a municipal civil infraction, and the recycling article's Section 2.2.4(4) sets a fine of not more than $500.00 and costs, or not more than 90 days, or both. No charge is published for the weekly large item.

Not confirmed: A mattress is named nowhere - not on the flyer, not on the Trash page, and not in Chapter 21, whose Section 2.13 names "beds" instead - not published.

Not confirmed: No fee is published for the weekly large item, and no source calls it free or included - not published.

Not confirmed: The designated days for the Section 2.13 special materials collection and the dates of the Spring and Fall Cleanup Weeks are not published - not published.

Not confirmed: The ordinance's "no limit to the quantity of refuse" and the flyer's one large item and 15 bags a week are not reconciled by either source.

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

City of Marysville 2026 Trash-Recycling-Compost Schedule and Collection Information (Emterra Environmental USA)

Trash - Department of Public Works, City of Marysville, Michigan

Chapter 21. Garbage and Refuse, Code of Ordinances, City of Marysville, Michigan, codified through Ordinance No. 488, enacted May 13, 2024