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

The allowance is one line on the Borough's Department of Public Works page: "Two large non-metal bulky items may be placed at curb on trash day." No booking step is described for those two and the Borough runs no separate bulk day. Metal and electronics go out on a different basis — placed at the curb and then called in at 856-939-5161 — so a metal bed frame is handled as metal rather than as one of the two bulky items. The Borough states what it refuses: it does not collect hazardous waste, pointing residents to the Camden County website for collection dates; it does not collect appliances containing Freon; Public Works does not collect paint, and residents are told to dry latex and oil-based paint with kitty litter and put it in the household trash; propane barbecue tanks go back to a retailer that exchanges bottles; and concrete must go to a concrete facility or out with a hired contractor, as must any construction debris beyond the household allowance that will not fit in a trash can. For a new appliance the Borough advises having the vendor take the old one on delivery. Motor oil may be dropped at the Public Works garage during business hours by calling 856-931-0646 first to schedule a time. Grass, branches and leaves go out in a can or paper bag and never in plastic bags, at the curb for Monday pickup year round, with large branches cut into sections no longer than four feet, and leaf piles collected in November and December kept at least ten feet from a storm inlet. The Borough publishes no charge for the two bulky items and does not call the allowance free. Bedding is named nowhere — not on the Borough's page and not in the Borough Code, where a search returns no occurrence of the word mattress — so a mattress is covered, if at all, only as a large non-metal bulky item.

Not confirmed: The Borough names a mattress or box spring nowhere, on its page or in its code, so whether bedding counts as one of the two large non-metal bulky items is not stated and must not be read either way

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

Not confirmed: No fee is published for a bulky 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 large non-metal bulky item

Not confirmed: No collection day and no set-out time of day is published for the trash route the allowance runs on

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

Not confirmed: The terms of the shared trash service with the Borough of Bellmawr are not published, so which body's crews collect in Runnemede is not established

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

Department of Public Works - Borough of Runnemede, NJ