How to get rid of a mattress in Omaha, NE.

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.

• The Omaha Recycling Guide's mattress entry states that mattresses must not be placed in curbside carts or in drop-off site containers — Omaha has no curbside bulky collection for mattresses. It directs residents to River City Recycling & Transfer Station, 6404 South 60th Street, (402) 731-0414, where processing fees may apply, and to Pheasant Point Landfill at Highway 36 and 216th Street, (866) 909-4458, where flat rates and special handling fees may apply. It also states mattresses can be dropped at neighborhood drop-off sites during Omaha's seasonal Spring and Fall Cleanup events at no cost to residents. Source Not confirmed: Pheasant Point Landfill's own gate rates and mattress handling fee were not reviewed on the operator's page in this pass. Not confirmed: The seasonal cleanup event dates, neighborhood site locations and per-household limits are on separate Spring/Fall Cleanup pages that were not reviewed, so no free cleanup-event service is staged.

• Wayne transfer permit NE0203807 is labeled Wayne County, but Primary Street Address contains Wayne, Primary City contains NE, Primary State contains 68787, and Primary Zip contains contact names. Directory city is also NE. Source
• Rate-page narrative states a $50 uncovered-load fee and extends wording to pickups/trailers/noncommercial trucks; non-scale table instead lists pickup/van/SUV $45 without tarp versus $30 covered and single-axle trailer $15 additional. Source
• Nebraska DWEE (June 9, 2022) lists statewide landfill bans on yard waste (Apr 1–Nov 30), waste oil, lead-acid batteries, household appliances, unregulated hazardous waste, and waste tires; mattresses are not banned. No statewide mattress stewardship program found on DWEE pages as of 2026-09-22. Source
• DWEE no longer maintains its own recycling directory; it directs users to the Nebraska Recycling Council Recycling Guide (nrcne.org/recycling-guide/). Source