How to get rid of a mattress in Passaic, 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.

• Passaic Code Chapter 179, Littering, carries the dumping and storage rules. Section 179-4, Dumping restricted: "No person shall discard or dump along any road or street on or off any right-of-way any household or commercial solid waste, rubbish, refuse, junk, vehicle or vehicle parts, rubber tires, appliances or furniture, nor shall any person discard or dump such items on private property except by written consent of the owner of said property." Section 179-5, Storage of bulky household waste, is the rule that catches a mattress left in a yard or driveway: "No residential property owner, nor any tenant in any residential premises, shall store or permit storage of any bulky household waste, including household appliances, furniture and mattresses, in any residentially zoned area, except in a fully enclosed structure or during days designated for collection of bulky items." Section 179-15: "Each offense shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000 and 90 days in jail. First offenses shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 for violations of Sections 179-4, 179-8, 179-9, 179-10 and 179-11 and of not less than $50 for violations of Sections 179-2, 179-5, 179-6, 179-7 and 179-12", with the Council's stated intent that habitual violators reach the maximum. Section 179-13 makes each day a separate violation. Section 179-14 lets the Police, Fire, Public Works, Community Development, Housing, Health and Building Code Enforcement units all issue complaints. Source
• Not an option: Passaic publishes no drop-off a resident could take a mattress to. The DPW page routes every stream either to the curb or to a booked collection: branches on Fridays by appointment, white goods and scrap metal by appointment, tires by appointment with the first four free per household per year and $3 per tire thereafter payable at the Public Works Office, covered electronic devices on street cleaning day. Construction debris is refused outright - "THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE PICKED UP. It is the homeowners responsibility to dispose of this type of debris" - without naming anywhere to take it. The only address the City gives is the Public Works office at 870 Main Ave, and it is not published as a public drop-off. Passaic County itself runs household hazardous waste days rather than a transfer station for bulky waste. Source Not confirmed: Where a Passaic resident may self-haul bulky waste, including the construction debris the City refuses, is not published by the City or the County.
• Not an option: There is no verified mattress-specific option in Passaic. The Mattress Recycling Council's own nationwide All Mattress Recyclers directory lists no facility with a New Jersey address; the nearest listed sites are Renewable Recycling Inc. at 3001 C New St., Oceanside, NY 11572 and Delaware Green in Wilmington, DE. The MRC 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 no Bye Bye Mattress collection site exists anywhere in New Jersey. Source 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: The nearest Habitat ReStore to Passaic has stopped taking donations altogether. The Passaic County Habitat for Humanity ReStore at 415 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne NJ 07470 now heads its donate page: "As of Friday, September 4th, 2026, the ReStore will no longer be accepting donations." The shop still trades Tuesday through Saturday 10am-6pm at 973-782-6993, and business donations are invited through a separate route, but household donations of any kind are no longer accepted - a change from the position previously recorded for Passaic County, where the ReStore took furniture but excluded mattresses. Source Not confirmed: The notice gives no end date, so whether the suspension is temporary is unknown. Not confirmed: No Passaic city-based charity was found publishing a mattress acceptance policy of its own.

• 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