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

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.

• Chapter 62 of the Village of Milford Code of Ordinances, adopted as Ordinance No. 220 on March 2, 1992, defines the oversized category in words that reach a box spring but stop short of a mattress: "Bulk items means large items of furniture, bedsprings, refrigerators, stoves, large appliances and other large items incidental to housekeeping for and in single-family residences and condominiums as defined under the definition of premises. Such term does not include discarded appliances resulting from an appliance replacement program in a multiple-family residential building and/or multiple-family residential complex." Section 62-7 lets the village grant "an exclusive contract to the village contractor for the collection of garbage and rubbish from premises within the village", on terms within the discretion of the village council. Section 62-8 provides that "The fees to be charged for solid waste disposal and other services provided pursuant to this chapter shall be established by resolution of the village council", and section 62-9 makes collection charges a lien on the property served, placed on the next general tax roll if six months past due. Section 62-4(a) makes it unlawful to accumulate, dump, scatter or bury waste on private property, with or without the owner's permission, or in any public place, except in proper receptacles for removal. Section 62-4(d) lets the village collect "any rubbish or combustible material" an owner or occupant allows to accumulate in a public alley, street or other public place, or in a private place outside a storage or other approved building, after the last regularly scheduled collection of the week, charge the cost to the owner or occupant, and provides that "The village council shall by resolution establish a schedule of charges sufficient to cover the cost of such special collections." Section 62-5(a)(1) requires residential refuse and garbage in standard containers or plastic or waterproof paper bags, with size and weight set by rules the village manager promulgates. Section 62-2 makes any violation of the chapter a misdemeanor punished as prescribed in section 1-12 of the Code, and section 62-3 authorizes the police department, the department of public services and the building department to issue citations. Source Not confirmed: The chapter names bedsprings but not mattresses, so the ordinance neither accepts nor refuses a mattress by name. Not confirmed: Both section 62-8 and section 62-4(d) commit the village council to setting charges by resolution and the code reproduces no figure, so no bulk or special collection price is established. Not confirmed: The container size and weight limits are left to rules the village manager promulgates, and no such published rules were found.
• The penalty that section 62-2 of Milford's solid waste chapter points at is section 1-12 of the village Code of Ordinances. Section 1-12(a) provides that unless a violation is specifically designated a municipal civil infraction it is deemed a misdemeanor, and section 1-12(b) sets the penalty for a misdemeanor violation as "a fine not exceeding $500.00 (plus costs of prosecution), or imprisonment not exceeding 90 days, or both, unless a specific penalty is otherwise provided for the violation by this Code or any ordinance." Where a violation is a municipal civil infraction, section 1-12(c) sets the civil fine at the amount provided by the Code or ordinance, plus costs, damages, expenses and other sanctions, with the default fine and the increased fine for a repeat offense specified in section 1-17, and authorizes a judge or magistrate to reduce a fine on a determination of extraordinary circumstances. Section 1-12(d) provides that each day on which a violation continues is a separate offense. Source Not confirmed: The civil infraction fine figures sit in section 1-17, which was not read, so only the misdemeanor maximum is established here.

• WDS 450267, MIG000025706 regulatory page gives 6999 County Road 487, Atlanta MI 49709, versus operator 6751 Landfill Rd in inv5-005. Specific/legal names also have apparent spelling variants. Same named authority is an identity candidate; parcel/entrance/address equivalence unproven. Preserve both addresses. Source
• EGLE (July 27, 2026) says many Michigan communities host annual collection events for hard-to-dispose items including mattresses, lists summer–fall 2026 events, and points to EGLE's collection directory at Michigan.gov/egleHHW. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on EGLE pages as of 2026-09-22. Source