How to get rid of a mattress in Ste. Genevieve, 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.

• Ste. Genevieve runs no collection of any kind — the City makes each household hire its own licensed collector, and requires that contract to cover bulky trash. Code Chapter 230, Sec. 230.200: 'Every owner, occupant or person who owns or occupies any building within the City shall establish a solid waste collection program providing for collection of solid waste from the premises not less than one (1) time per week. The collectors of such solid waste shall be only those who are licensed by the City as provided in this Article. Such agreement with the solid waste collectors shall provide for the removal of all residential trash, garbage, commercial trash and garbage, bulky rubbish, tree limbs and yard waste.' So a mattress in Ste. Genevieve is the private hauler's job by ordinance, and the household's own contract is where the price lives; the City sets none and collects nothing. The local rules are unusually specific and carry a stated penalty. Sec. 230.220: '(A) ... Any solid waste containers, tree limbs, yard wastes or other solid waste permitted to be placed at the curb for collection shall not be so placed until the regularly scheduled collection day. (B) In residential areas, the solid waste container shall be permitted to be located at the curb for a time duration not to exceed twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time of collection. All containers shall be removed from the curb within twenty-four (24) hours of the time of collection. (C) No trash, yard waste, debris, refuse, garbage, litter, rubbish, junk or any other waste materials shall be stored, deposited or placed at the street curb at any time during the week, except on the day of trash collection as defined above. (D) Penalties for each and every violation of this Section of the Ste. Genevieve Municipal Code shall be not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Each day shall constitute a separate violation. However, no penalties or fines shall be due for violations of the Section which occur during a week with a holiday.' Source Not confirmed: The City publishes no list of the haulers it has licensed, so a resident cannot tell from the code who may lawfully collect here. Not confirmed: No price of any kind is set or capped by the City; the cost of a bulky pickup is entirely a matter for the household's private contract. Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named; they fall under 'bulky rubbish', which the code requires the private agreement to cover but never defines in Article IV.
• Ste. Genevieve's one municipal waste facility is a yard-waste site and putting a mattress in it is a named violation. Code Chapter 230, Article VI, Sec. 230.310 ('Illegal Dumping At City Yard Waste Disposal Site') provides: '(A) The "yard waste disposal site" shall be that area designated by the City Administrator. (B) For the purpose of this Section, "yard waste" is hereby defined as garden waste, leaves, lawn cuttings, weeds, pruning, shrubs and tree waste generated at residential or commercial properties located in the City limits of the City of Ste. Genevieve. It does not include tree stumps or limbs over six (6) feet long or over twenty-four (24) inches in diameter. (C) It is hereby declared a violation to place any substance other than yard waste into the City's yard waste disposal site.' Sec. 230.290 requires that solid wastes, including demolition or construction wastes, 'be deposited at a processing facility or disposal area approved by the City and complying with all requirements of the State' — which, given the City runs no disposal site for household waste, means the private hauler's approved facility. Source Not confirmed: The code does not give the address of the yard waste disposal site; it is 'that area designated by the City Administrator'. Not confirmed: No penalty amount is attached to Sec. 230.310 itself. Not confirmed: The City approves disposal facilities but publishes no list of them in this article.

• 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