How to get rid of a mattress in Rochester, MN.

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.

• The City of Rochester, Minnesota does not run household garbage collection. Its Garbage & Recycling page states that garbage and recycling services for Rochester residents are managed by Olmsted County and directs residents to Olmsted County's garbage and recycling page for collection information, recycling guidelines and waste disposal resources. There is therefore no city bulk-item or large-item pickup program and no city mattress fee. Source Not confirmed: The city page gives no detail on bulky-item options, so a Rochester resident's curbside choices depend entirely on their private hauler's own terms, which are not published here.

• Pricing webpage states $40 residential single-truck curbside charge plus item fees and 2% credit/debit processing. Its linked PDF states $45 instead. Emergency pickup has no set price. Source
• Price sheet wet-item surcharge and program pages requiring dry items/refusing wet or contaminated mattresses leave standard versus promotional acceptance scope unresolved. PDF $45 standard truck fee also differs from pricing webpage $40. Source
• Pricing introduction calls prices drop-off base fees, but mattress and box-spring rows each show $35 and a parenthetical $30 drop-off price. Pickup adds a ZIP-based collection fee; home/building removal is separately $50. Crib mattress $15, topper $10, metal frame $10. No pickup total or scope of $50 charge inferred. Source
• Primary location is 1179 15th Avenue SE, Minneapolis MN 55414, matching national directory lead a3397a2d14a90de9152b8f0d by name and full address. Contact body says Monday-Friday 8 am-3:30 pm; footer says 8 am-4 pm. Primary phone 612-787-3770 differs from directory 612-332-0664. Preserve both contact histories. Source
• Linked 2026 resident PDF text lists mattress/box-spring item rate $20, 17% tax ($3.40), and alternative county components $5.60 Ramsey or $7 Washington. Its 17% tax differs from self-hauler page residential 9.75%; Friday/Saturday close is 4 pm versus web 3:30 pm. Screenshot request returned only a citation string, no inspectable image, so table totals remain unverified. Source
• No Minnesota mattress stewardship program in effect. SF 1980 (companion HF 1624) would add a mattress/box spring assessment to fund local-government recycling grants; introduced Feb 27, 2025 and referred to committee, last action March 25, 2026 (author added); not enacted. Source
• No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on MPCA (Minnesota Pollution Control Agency) pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source