How to get rid of a mattress in Camden, 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.

• Camden has by far the heaviest illegal dumping penalties of the five cities. Code Section 711-23, added 5-10-2022 by Ord. No. MC-5379 to incorporate P.L. 2021 c. 363, forbids disposing of or transporting "solid waste in excess of 0.148 cubic yards of solids" other than to an authorized facility - a threshold a single mattress exceeds. "Any person who violates the provisions of Subsection B or C of this section commits a disorderly persons offense" and "is subject to a fine of not less than $5,000 for a first offense, not more than $10,000 for a second offense and not more than $20,000 for a third and every subsequent offense. Each day during which the violation continues constitutes an additional, separate and distinct offense." The court must additionally order community service of up to 180 days; vehicles used are subject to forfeiture to the state; and the offender is liable to the landowner for three times the damage and three times the cleanup costs including legal fees. Section 711-25, added 6-11-2024 by Ord. No. MC-5503, pays "A reward of $500... to any person or persons who provide information and assistance to law enforcement, including testimony in court, if required, which leads to the apprehension and conviction of any person who violates Section 711-23". Storage is regulated too: Section 711-31D provides that "No residential property owner shall store or permit storage of any bulky household waste, including household appliances, furniture and mattresses, in areas zoned residential, except in a fully enclosed structure or during days designated for the collection of bulky items." Source
• Camden's own Code requires a City transfer site but the City publishes nothing a resident could use. Section 711-20 reads in full: "The City of Camden shall maintain a transfer site at the Federal Street location, which will be maintained and operated at Department of Environmental Protection levels." Section 711-19 adds only that "The City of Camden may elect to provide the residents of the City with a cleanup campaign under the auspices of the Department of Public Works." No street number, hours, eligibility rule or tipping fee for the Federal Street site appears in the Code or on the City's Public Works pages, and no resident drop-off day is published. A Camden resident hauling a mattress themselves is left with the Pennsauken Sanitary Landfill run by the Pollution Control Financing Authority of Camden County, which this page already carries. Source Not confirmed: The Federal Street transfer site has no published address, hours, resident eligibility or fee, so it cannot be offered as a drop-off. Not confirmed: Whether the site is open to residents at all, as opposed to being a City and contractor facility, is not stated. Not confirmed: No date or frequency is published for the Section 711-19 cleanup campaign.
• Not an option: There is no mattress-specific option in Camden. The Mattress Recycling Council's own nationwide All Mattress Recyclers directory lists no facility with a New Jersey address. The closest entry to Camden is Delaware Green Mattress Disassembling & Recycling of Wilmington, DE 19810, whose directory address field reads "Serving Delaware, Southeastern Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, and Northern Maryland" - but its own site publishes no street address, no hours, no drop-off or pickup route for householders and no price, and tells visitors to "CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FOR MATTRESS & BOX SPRING RECYCLING PRACTICES", so it cannot be sent a Camden reader. The MRC also states that "Free mattress recycling through the MRC is available only in states with mattress recycling laws" and names California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island, so there is no Bye Bye Mattress site in New Jersey. Source Not confirmed: Whether Delaware Green takes householder deliveries at all could not be established; it publishes no address or terms. Not confirmed: A New Jersey Mattress Stewardship Act (Assembly Bill 1651) was reported out of committee in January 2026 but is not law; its status was not verified against a legislature page in this pass.
• Not an option: Catholic Charities of South Jersey runs a Community Services Warehouse in Camden and is "always in need of gently used furniture donations" - but not used mattresses. Its Material Donations page lists among ongoing household needs "Mattresses of all sizes (*Must be new)", and sets the general rule that donated items should be "new or in a 'gently used' condition" and "should not be broken, chipped, stained or ripped". A used mattress therefore falls outside what the warehouse asks for, however good its condition. Donations are arranged through the donations hotline on 1-856-342-8865; thrift store donations are taken during store hours or by appointment at the Family and Community Services Center in each of the six southern New Jersey counties served, which include Camden. Source Not confirmed: The page gives no street address or opening hours for the Camden Community Services Warehouse, so it cannot be listed as a drop-off.
• Not an option: The Habitat ReStores serving Camden County will not take a mattress either. Habitat for Humanity of South Central New Jersey's donate page places "mattresses, boxsprings, cribs, halogen lamps, etc" among items it cannot accept under state or federal law restrictions, and notes "Our staff members have the final say on what we accept." Its residential pickup covers Atlantic, Burlington, Camden and Mercer Counties plus Plainsboro and Cranbury, for a flat $25 fee, self-scheduled and typically a week out, with items to be left accessible on a porch, in a garage or at ground level because staff cannot enter homes or carry items up or down stairs. The stores are at 530 Route 38 E, Maple Shade, NJ 08054 and 6825 Tilton Road, Suite B1, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234, open daily 10am-6pm. Source Not confirmed: No Camden city-based charity was found publishing an acceptance of used mattresses.

• 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