How to get rid of a mattress in Carl Junction, MO.

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.

• Carl Junction's ordinance promises an annual bulky collection and the City has never said when it happens. Code Chapter 225, Section 225.030(B) and (D): "All solid waste from premises to which collection services are provided by the City shall be collected, except bulky rubbish as defined herein. Bulky rubbish will be collected in accordance with the rules and regulations as promulgated by the Mayor or his/her authorized representative" and "Bulky rubbish shall be collected at least once annually. The Mayor or his/her authorized representative shall establish the procedure for collecting bulky rubbish." BULKY RUBBISH is defined by size and weight only, with no item list and no mention of bedding. Collection itself is contracted: Section 225.030(A) requires solid waste to be collected "in conformity with the contract for solid waste collection existing between the City of Carl Junction and Allied Waste Services of Galena, LLC" - the Republic Services entity - and Section 225.090 imposes "A monthly service charge of twenty percent (20%) of the base monthly rate for residential solid waste collection" on residential users, billed with the water charges. The City's own website carries no trash, sanitation or recycling page of any kind. Source Not confirmed: Section 225.030(D) mandates at least one bulky collection a year and leaves the procedure to the Mayor. No such procedure, schedule, booking route, item list or fee is published anywhere by the City. A Carl Junction resident cannot find out from the City when the annual bulky collection is or whether a mattress qualifies. Not confirmed: Section 225.090 sets the service charge as a percentage of a base monthly rate that the code does not state, so no figure for residential collection is published.
• Carl Junction's set-out window and dumping penalties come straight out of Chapter 225. Section 225.030(C): "Solid waste containers as required by this Chapter for the storage of other residential solid waste shall be placed at the curb for collection. Any solid waste containers shall not be so placed until the regularly scheduled collection day, or the evening before, and must be removed from the curb within twenty-four (24) hours of collection." Residential solid waste is collected "at least once weekly. At least forty-eight (48) hours shall intervene between collections." Section 225.080 makes it unlawful to "Deposit solid waste in any solid waste container other than his/her own, without the written consent of the owner of such container and/or with the intent of avoiding payment of the service charge", with a graduated penalty stated in the ordinance itself: "1st offense, fine of $100.00; 2nd offense, fine of $200.00; 3rd offense, fine of $500.00." The same section makes it unlawful to "Fail to have solid waste collected as provided in this Chapter". The general penalty at Section 225.110 is "a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00); provided, that each day's violation thereof shall be a separate offense." Source

• Sleepyhead FAQ states no local mattress recycling options. Bridging The Gap primary page advertises mattress recycling in Kansas City at 5117 E 31st Street. Source
• Missouri DNR: 20 solid waste management districts plan local recycling services, with a county-to-district lookup map. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on DNR pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source