How to get rid of a mattress in Bellmawr, NJ.

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.

• A metal bed frame has a route in Bellmawr that a mattress does not: it is booked. Section 382-23B of Chapter 382, Article V, Recycling, adopted April 23, 2009 by Ordinance 03:05-09, provides that "Metal items, such as water heaters, appliances, including washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves and dishwashers, cast iron, and the like, shall be placed at the curbside after the homeowner has arranged with the Department of Public Works for a specific time and date for collection." The Borough's definition of "METAL" at § 382-20 covers "All products made of metal exclusive of aluminum, including washers, dryers, refrigerators, stoves, hot-water heaters, tire rims, springs, bicycles, tin cans or scrap metal." Tree waste is handled the same way under § 382-23D, by arrangement with the Department of Public Works. Section 382-23A requires single stream to go in a reusable metal or plastic container and provides that "No recyclables in paper or plastic bags outside of the above referenced will be collected." Section 382-26 caps the container: "Receptacles in excess of 32 gallons in capacity shall not be subject to collection and shall be the responsibility of the occupant, resident or owner of said premises for disposal," with receptacles placed no closer than five feet to property limits, out after 6:00 p.m. the day before and no later than 6:00 a.m. on collection day, and removed no later than 7:00 p.m. on the day of collection. Section 382-24 provides that items at a local drop-off point become Borough property and that unauthorized collection is an offense, with the stated intent of preventing scavenging. Section 382-25 puts the collection, removal and disposal of aluminum, glass, metals, paper and tree and yard refuse under the Director of the Department of Public Works, who may set the time, method and routes of service with Borough Council's consent. Section 382-27 sets a fine of $500 for each violation of the recycling article. Bedding appears nowhere in Article V. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses and box springs are absent from Article V, so whether the by-appointment metal collection would take a spring mattress is not established and must not be read either way Not confirmed: No fee is published for the by-appointment metal collection and the Borough does not call it free Not confirmed: The article does not give a phone number for arranging a metal or tree waste collection
• Bellmawr's own Highway and Sanitation page sets the curb time and names the enforcement method, but publishes no bulk rule. The Borough states that "No refuse should be placed for collection on sidewalk prior to 6 pm of the day immediately preceding the day of collection, and no later than 6 am the day of collection," and that "The Borough of Bellmawr practices a door hanger notice of violation that pertains to solid waste Ordinance 3:06-09." Trash collection and street issues go to Public Works at 856-931-1111 or publicworks@bellmawr.com, with an after-hours line at 856-931-2120 and Superintendent Patrick Gallagher at pgallagher@bellmawr.com. Household hazardous waste is a Camden County program, covering gasoline, kerosene, automotive and lawn care products, oil-based paints and stains, batteries, pesticides and insecticides, reached at 856-858-5241. The Borough main line is 856-933-1313. The page carries nothing at all about bulk items, bulky waste, mattresses, furniture, a bulk schedule, item limits or fees. Source Not confirmed: The Borough's own sanitation page publishes no bulk item rule, no bulk schedule, no item limit and no fee, so a Bellmawr resident with a mattress has only the code's definition of refuse to go on Not confirmed: The page does not say which day of the week each route is collected Not confirmed: No fee is published for anything the Borough collects and the page never calls any collection free

• NJDEP County/Municipal Recycling Coordinator Locator lists municipal (updated August 2026) and county (updated July 2026) coordinator contacts. No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on NJDEP pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress collection is handled by counties/municipalities. Source