How to get rid of a mattress in Florissant, 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.

• Florissant City Code § 220.070, Containers To Be Stored Behind The Front of Building, is the rule that catches a bulky set-out: "No garbage, yard waste, trash or refuse container shall be left in front of a building for more than twenty-four (24) consecutive hours without returning the same to an area behind the front of the building or an area acceptably screened from the street, except on Sundays when no garbage or refuse container shall be left in front of the building between the hours of 12:01 A.M. and 5:00 P.M." It adds that "The owner or occupant of any premises on which a container is located in violation of this requirement shall be deemed guilty of a violation hereof and shall be subject to the penalties provided in Section 100.080." § 220.090 separately makes it "unlawful for any person to maintain or operate a garbage or rubbish dump or to fill ground with garbage or rubbish." Source Not confirmed: The code sets a 24-hour limit for a container left in front of a building but does not say whether a bulky item awaiting a scheduled Gateway pick-up is treated as a container for this purpose
• Florissant § 220.160, Hours of Pickup in Residential Areas: "No person licensed to collect garbage or rubbish as set out in Section 220.110 shall do so at any time except between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M. daily in residential areas." The fine is set in the section itself: "Any person found guilty of violations in this provision will be assessed a minimum fine of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first (1st) offense, two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second (2nd) offense and five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense thereafter." § 220.110 makes it unlawful to collect or transport garbage in the city without a permit, and § 220.250 refers other violations of the article to Section 100.080. 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