How to get rid of a mattress in Upper Saddle River, 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.

• Upper Saddle River's waste rules are made by its Board of Health rather than by the Borough Council, and the code's own definition shows the Borough collects from the back yard. Chapter 183, "Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse", was "Adopted by the Board of Health of the Borough of Upper Saddle River as Ch. BH-XV of the Revised General Ordinances, 1971", which makes the operative waste ordinance here a health regulation, not a council ordinance. Its definition of solid waste reads: "All garbage and trash normally collected by rear yard pickup from the residents of the Borough of Upper Saddle River by regular twice-weekly municipal collection." The chapter distinguishes the two modes elsewhere, requiring that all leaves "are prohibited from inclusion in all regular rear yard and curbside collection of garbage." Preparation rules are general rather than item-specific: "Combustible or noncombustible waste of such a nature that it cannot be deposited in a receptacle shall be securely and properly tied into bundles or packages to prevent spilling or scattering. The bundles or packages shall be of a size and weight to permit ease of handling by one man." Receptacles "shall be kept in a place accessible for emptying by authorized collectors." The penalty is set by § 183-8: "Any person who violates or neglects to comply with any provision of this chapter or notice issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction thereof, be liable to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $500 for each violation." Chapter 80, the Borough Council's littering ordinance, defines rubbish to include "bedding" among "paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials." Source Not confirmed: Chapter 183 sets no bulk item allowance, no fee and no mattress rule; it governs receptacles, preparation and sanitation only. Not confirmed: Although the code's definition of solid waste describes rear yard pickup and the Borough's web page says collection "can be curb or driveway pickup", neither says which applies to a bulky item set out on one of the four annual dates.
• Upper Saddle River's own Recycling Depot is a Saturday-morning operation and publishes no mattress policy. The Borough's Garbage & Recycling page says: "The Recycling Depot is open every Saturday from 8 am to noon. There is always a monitor on duty to assist you." It takes clothing — "The Recycling Depot is currently accepting all Textile/Clothing donations" — and closes in bad weather: "During inclement weather and when roads are being treated for snow and ice, the recycling center will be closed. Please be advised during icy and snowy weather all garbage and recycling must be placed at the curb for pickup." Styrofoam is handled separately and not by the Borough itself: "Styrofoam Collections are coordinated by the Upper Saddle River Environmental Committee." The Borough directs all collection questions to one channel: "All questions and concerns regarding garbage and recycling must be directed by email to Information." The Depot sits at the Borough's DPW, which also hosted the November 7 shredding day. Nothing on the page states that the Depot accepts or refuses mattresses, box springs or furniture. Source Not confirmed: The Borough publishes no street address for the Recycling Depot on its Garbage & Recycling page, no accepted-items list, no eligibility rule and no fees, so the Depot is recorded as a fact about the town rather than as a drop-off a reader can be sent to. Not confirmed: Whether the Depot takes a mattress is not stated either way.

• 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