How to get rid of a mattress in Poplar Bluff, 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.

• Poplar Bluff does not collect ordinary trash at all — it licenses collectors and lets them set their own prices — which is why the city-run bulky tag is the only municipal route a resident has. Code Chapter 230 Sec. 230.030(A): 'The City shall license the collection of all residential and commercial wastes in the City. As more specifically stated hereinafter, any charge for such licensed collection shall be determined by the properly licensed collector, without approval or control of the fee charged.' Sec. 230.090(B) repeats it — 'The licensed collectors shall determine the cost of the services the licensed collector renders' — and 230.090(F) makes it unlawful 'to fail to contract for the collection, transportation and disposal of solid waste with a licensed provider of services'. Bulky trash is carved out of that licensed service by 230.030(B) and then handled by the City: 230.030(D) states 'Bulky Rubbish Shall Be Collected Twice Annually. The director shall establish the procedure for collecting bulky rubbish, consistent with the provisions stated hereinafter', and Sec. 230.070(A)(13) leaves 'Handling of special wastes such as sludges, ashes, agriculture, construction, bulky items, tires, automobiles, oils, greases, etc.' to rules the director makes. The code thus mandates a twice-yearly bulky collection while the city in practice runs a monthly tagged program, and sets no bulky charge of its own anywhere. The set-out rule is in 230.030(C): solid waste 'shall not be so placed earlier than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the day of the regularly scheduled collection and shall be removed within twenty-four (24) hours after the day of the regularly scheduled collection.' Sec. 230.130 also forbids leaving cans or barrels in a front yard unless kept within an enclosure closed on all sides. Source Not confirmed: The code sets no penalty figure for the prohibited practices in Sec. 230.080; the general penalty provision of the city code was not read in this pass. Not confirmed: The code's 'twice annually' bulky collection and the city's published monthly $10-tag program are not reconciled anywhere on the city's own pages. Not confirmed: The code sets no bulky-trash charge; the $10 tag price appears only on the program page, not in any ordinance read here.

• 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