How to get rid of a mattress in Haddon Heights, 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.

• Haddon Heights defines what it collects in three closed categories, and a mattress fits none of them. Chapter 393, Solid Waste, adopted June 10, 1986 by Ordinance 739 and amended in its entirety April 2, 2019 by Ordinance 1473, defines "BULK ITEMS" at § 393-10 as "Ferrous material, refrigerators, washing machines, dryers, hot-water heaters and other similar items. These items will be picked up by appointment or on the third Monday of the month." The Borough's bulk route is therefore a metal and appliance route. The same section defines "TRASH" as "Any refuse matter, garbage and/or discarded materials coming from a residential property weighing less than 50 pounds and not larger than four feet in length and not including water-carried waste, industrial waste, white goods, or construction debris" — and four feet is 48 inches, while a twin mattress is 75 inches long and a queen or king 80. "SPECIAL MATERIALS" is the third category and runs to broken concrete, sod, dirt, shrub and tree stumps, tree roots, automobile parts including tires with rims, building materials, fencing materials, hazardous waste, asphalt, wood other than brush, and porcelain and plastic plumbing fixtures. Bedding appears in none of the three definitions. Section 393-2 provides that "Except as provided herein, the Borough shall be the sole collector of trash, garbage and recycling items within the Borough, and no person shall pick over or remove all or any part of trash, garbage or recycling items placed at the curb for Borough collection." Section 393-6 sets the window: trash, brush, garbage or recycling "shall not be placed at the curb earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day before collection nor later than 6:00 a.m. of the day of collection," and appliances and metal likewise not before 4:00 p.m. the day before. Section 393-7 adds that no single article, bundle or loaded container shall be heavier than 50 pounds, that no container shall exceed 40 gallons in capacity, that "Any bulk materials not in containers (fencing, branches, posts, etc.) shall be cut and bundled in lengths no longer than 48 inches," that containers must be off the front of the premises within 12 hours of being emptied, that refrigerators and freezers of four cubic feet must have the door or lid off the hinges and set separately, and that concrete and construction items are not collected. Under § 393-13A a resident may not place more than five containers at the curb for removal of resident-generated special materials, and under § 393-13C residents only may take toxic and hazardous materials to the public works garage between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The chapter sets no charge for anything it collects and does not call any of its collections free. Source Not confirmed: Bedding is absent from all three of the chapter's categories — trash, bulk items and special materials — and the Borough nowhere says a mattress is refused, so whether Haddon Heights will collect one at all is not established and must not be read either way Not confirmed: A mattress exceeds the four-foot length in the definition of trash and is not ferrous material or an appliance under the definition of bulk items, but the chapter does not say what category it belongs to or who takes it Not confirmed: No fee is published for a bulk item, a special material or a mattress anywhere in Chapter 393 and the Borough never calls any of these collections free Not confirmed: The penalty provisions at §§ 393-25 and 393-26 were not read, so the fine for a solid waste violation in Haddon Heights is not established Not confirmed: No wrapping or bagging rule for a mattress appears anywhere in the chapter Not confirmed: The phone number or form used to book the by-appointment bulk pickup is not given in the code
• Haddon Heights contracts out its trash and shares its public works department with the borough next door, and its special pickup is for metal rather than bedding. The Borough's Public Works page states that "Appliances and metal items require special pickup" and tells residents to "call the Department of Public Works at 856-547-1240 to schedule a pick-up." Trash and recycling materials go to the curb between 4 pm the night before collection and 6 am on collection day, and empty containers must be removed the same day. The Borough runs its brush collection itself, the east side of town from 10th Avenue to Haddonfield on Wednesdays every week and the west side from 10th Avenue to the Black Horse Pike on Thursdays, with brush cut in 4-foot lengths in open containers or tied in bundles under 60 pounds, and carpet and wood cut and tied into 4-foot bundles not exceeding 60 pounds. Electronics are a drop-off rather than a collection, taken at 514 W Atlantic Avenue, Monday through Thursday, 8 am to 1:45 pm, and car batteries are taken at the Public Works yard. Private contractors must independently dispose of any construction waste or demolition debris their business generates. The Borough is divided into three collection sections, and it has a Shared Services Agreement with the Borough of Audubon for public works services; Audubon's own page states that for Haddon Heights residents "trash and recycling collection is provided by The Green Guys, not the Borough of Audubon," with trash and recycling questions directed to the Haddon Heights Borough Office at 856-547-7164, Ext. 34, while Audubon's Department of Public Works continues to provide the other public works services, including brush, leaf and grass collection. The Borough Office is at 856-547-7164 and the Camden County Division of Environmental Affairs at 856-858-5241. Neither page names a mattress or a box spring, and neither publishes a fee for anything it collects. Source Not confirmed: Neither the Borough's own page nor Audubon's names a mattress or a box spring, so whether bedding may be set out at the curb in Haddon Heights and on which day is not established Not confirmed: The Borough's special pickup is described for appliances and metal items only, and the Borough does not say whether the same number will book a pickup for a mattress Not confirmed: The Borough has published a notice naming Seaside Waste, Inc. as its hauler and a separate notice of award to Green Guys Recycling Solutions, LLC, and a further solid waste and recyclables collection request for proposals was issued in 2025, so which hauler is currently under contract was not established from a single current Borough page Not confirmed: No fee is published for trash, recycling, a special pickup or a bulk item, and the Borough never calls any of them 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