How to get rid of a mattress in Muskegon Heights, 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.

• Muskegon Heights runs a free dumpster weekend twice a year. The Citizen Handbook's DUMPSTER DAYS entry states that "The City of Muskegon Heights hosts two free Dumpster Days annually, typically on the 2nd and 3rd Saturdays in May," and that residents should "call The Department of Public Works at 231-739-3378 for specific dates which are set before March 1st each year." The Handbook publishes no list of what the dumpsters accept and no list of what they refuse, so mattresses are neither named as taken nor named as excluded, and the entry states no residency check, no volume cap and no charge beyond calling it free. Anyone counting on it for a mattress should confirm with Public Works first, because the one thing the City does publish about mattresses elsewhere in the same Handbook is that they must be wrapped in plastic. Source Not confirmed: No accepted-items or excluded-items list is published for Dumpster Days, so whether a mattress may be put in the dumpsters is not established either way Not confirmed: The exact dates are not published on the City website and are given only by telephone from the Department of Public Works Not confirmed: The entry does not say where in the city the dumpsters are placed, what hours they are open, or whether proof of city residency is required

• 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