How to get rid of a mattress in St. Joseph, 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.

• St. Joseph's regular collection is a city contract, not a private arrangement. The City's Waste & Recycling page states that "Residential Rubbish is collected weekly under a City contract by Best Way Disposal," reachable at 269-463-3232, and that the same company collects curbside recycling every other week on the same day as the trash. Best Way supplies the large gray two-wheeled carts. The cart rules set the window the special pick-up rules then mirror: "Place the cart at the curbside not earlier than 5 pm the night before collection," and "please bring the cart in by 11 am the morning following collection." All trash must be in a sealed bag or container. The page's only stated exclusion from the weekly collection is oversized items, which it routes to the Schedule a Special Pick-Up page, so an item too big for the gray cart is not refused in St. Joseph but moved to a different, booked service. When a holiday falls on the collection day, items are picked up the following day. Source Not confirmed: The page names no charge for the weekly collection or for the carts, and does not say whether the city trash contract is paid for through the utility bill, a millage or a separate charge Not confirmed: The page does not say whether apartment buildings receive carts on the same terms as houses, or how many carts a property may have

• 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