How to get rid of a mattress in Missoula, MT.

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.

• Missoula runs no collection of its own and says so plainly. The City of Missoula's Trash & Solid Waste page states: 'The City of Missoula does not provide trash hauling or disposal services.' It adds that garbage collection in Missoula is provided by private businesses and suggests searching online to compare options. The only two services the page does point to are Garden City Compost, which accepts drop-off of organic material for composting and sells compost, and the city's public health site for hazardous waste. The page gives the City's number as 406-552-6000. It names no hauler, publishes no rate, describes no bulky-item or large-item program, and says nothing about where to take furniture, a mattress or anything else that will not fit in a bin. Source Not confirmed: The city names no hauler and publishes no rate, so what a Missoula household pays to have a mattress taken is not established. Not confirmed: No city drop-off, transfer station or clean-up day exists on this page, and no mattress fee is published for the privately operated landfill the county's own page names on Coal Mine Road — that operator publishes no rate card for the site that we could read.
• Not an option: The place Missoula County's own garbage page sends residents for unwanted furniture will not take furniture. Home ReSource, at 1515 Wyoming St., Missoula, publishes a donation policy whose 'will NOT accept' list names, in its own words: 'Furniture'; 'Appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, washing machines, microwaves, etc. (consider Donation Warehouse)'; 'Materials painted with lead paint'; 'Asbestos containing materials: old drop ceiling tiles, floor tiles, insulation, etc.'; 'Toxic or flammable materials (except some paints/stains, at staff discretion)'; 'Posts with concrete'; 'Shower doors'; 'Tires and Automotive'; and 'Exercise equipment'. What it does accept is building and home-improvement material: automobile fluids and cleaning products unopened, bathtubs, brick and pavers, cabinets, carpet, countertops, doors, drywall, faucets and plumbing parts, fencing, flooring, garden items, gutters, hardware, holiday decorations, HVAC and ducting, insulation, lighting and ceiling fans, lumber, trim and siding, mirrors and glass, paint and stain, plywood and OSB, roofing, sinks, tile, toilets, tools and windows, each with its own conditions. The store's FAQ repeats the refusal in one line: 'We do not accept furniture.' The store is open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., takes donations during store hours, and offers pickup in the Missoula area by arrangement. For an item not covered by the policy it says: 'Your stuff isn't covered in our policy? Give us a call and ask!' Source Not confirmed: Mattresses and box springs are named nowhere in the policy, as neither accepted nor refused. Furniture is refused in the store's own words, but a mattress is not spelled out, so the refusal is not established for a mattress specifically. Not confirmed: The policy's rule of thumb is that the store will consider an item it could be found in a retail hardware store, which no mattress meets, but the page does not say so about bedding.

• Montana DEQ recycling resources tell residents to check local solid waste and recycling facility websites; no statewide recycling directory. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on DEQ pages as of 2026-09-22. Source