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

The allowance is stated in one line on the Borough's Trash and Recycling Collection page: "Only 3 bulk items will be collected per week on trash day, per location." Trash day is Thursday, shifting to Friday in a week containing a federal holiday. No booking step is described for the three bulk items. Residents are asked to "be respectful of weight limits of trash cans" and to leave "reasonable pieces of trash in manageable quantities." Three categories sit outside the bulk allowance: electronics, meaning anything with a cord or battery, must not be placed at the curb at all and instead need a call to schedule a Wednesday pickup a week in advance; tires and oil may be dropped at the end of Oak Lane during work hours, 7 to 3:30, or left outside the fence after hours, with a pickup also available by appointment; and concrete, bricks and stumps are collected by Public Works in reasonable quantities. Contractors must remove all debris, and Public Works will not collect contractor waste. Single stream recycling is collected every other week by zone, and items must be empty, clean and dry. The Borough's Litter Control Code backs the allowance with a storage ban: § 172-7 provides that "In any area zoned residential, it shall be unlawful to store or permit storage of any bulky household waste, including household appliances, furniture and mattresses, unless said storage is in a fully enclosed structure, or during the days which have been designated for the collection of bulky items." So a mattress may sit outdoors in Clementon only inside a fully enclosed structure or on a designated bulk collection day. Section 172-6 bars dumping household solid waste, refuse, junk, appliances or furniture along any street or road, and § 172-12 sets the penalty at a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for up to 90 days, or both, with a separate offense on each day a violation continues. The Borough publishes no fee for a bulk item and never calls the allowance free.

Not confirmed: The Borough's collection page allows three bulk items a week but names no example, and its ordinance names mattresses only in the storage ban, so whether a mattress counts as one of the three bulk items is not stated outright

Not confirmed: Whether a mattress and a box spring count as one item or as two against the three-item allowance is not stated

Not confirmed: No fee is published for a bulk item and the Borough never calls the allowance free

Not confirmed: No wrapping or bagging rule for a mattress is published

Not confirmed: No weight or size limit is published for a bulk item, only the request to respect the weight limits of trash cans

Not confirmed: No set-out time of day is published, so the point at which an early set-out becomes a storage violation under § 172-7 is not established

Not confirmed: Where a collected bulk item goes is not stated, so the outcome is unknown

From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 6, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

Trash & Recycling Collection - Borough of Clementon, NJ

Chapter 172: Littering - Borough of Clementon, NJ