How to get rid of a mattress in Monroe, OH.

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.

• Monroe's twice-a-year large item collection ran on Saturday June 13 and Saturday October 24 in 2026, both now past, and the city's own page for it carries the preparation rules in more detail than the general large item page. On bedding it reads: "Any mattress or upholstered furniture must be completely sealed in disposable plastic for removal" - a looser phrasing than the Board of Health rule the city states elsewhere, which names box springs as well. Carpet must be "Cut into 4 foot lengths and tied into 2 foot rolls"; wood "Bundled in 4 foot lengths and 2 foot in diameter and tied; please hammer all nails"; fencing "Bundled in 4 foot lengths and 2 foot rolls"; metal poles "Cut to 4 foot lengths and tied together"; construction debris "In cans or bags of no more than 60 lbs (Do not place in boxes)"; small household items placed in cans or bags; and fluids drained from anything containing gasoline or oil. Appliances containing CFCs need certified refrigerant removal, a removal sticker and a completed Refrigerant Recovery Statement before being set at the curb. The itemized list of what Rumpke will not take on these days is car batteries, household chemicals, car and truck tires, yard waste including grass, leaves and brush, rocks, dirt, concrete and regular trash - bedding appears nowhere in it, and the page accepts mattresses by name in its preparation rules. Questions go to Rumpke at 513-742-2900. Source Not confirmed: The page gives the 2026 dates only and does not publish the 2027 dates, so the next collection day is not established Not confirmed: No fee is published for the twice-yearly collection and the page does not state that it is free Not confirmed: No limit is published on how many items a household may set out on those Saturdays, and no eligibility rule is stated Not confirmed: The page's bedding rule names mattresses and upholstered furniture but not box springs, while the city's general large item page names box springs too, and the two are not reconciled Not confirmed: No booking or notice requirement is stated for the twice-yearly days, in contrast to the 48 hours required on a normal collection day
• Monroe splits the work with its hauler in a way worth knowing before a resident calls the wrong number: "Rumpke provides trash collection service, but the City of Monroe is the billing agent for the trash and recycling pick-up." The city sets a narrow curb window at both ends - "Do not place trash items on the tree lawn or at the curb before 5 p.m. on the day prior to collection" and "all containers should be removed from the tree lawn or curb area by 6:00 a.m. on the morning following collection" - so a mattress put out early, or left a day late, is outside the city's rule. Collection day is determined by the street the household lives on. Large trash tote cans with wheels and a lid are available to rent from Rumpke, which is optional and billed separately and quarterly by Rumpke rather than by the city, at (513) 742-2900. Missed pickups go through a city complaint form. Rumpke collects on every day except Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Source Not confirmed: The page gives no tote rental amount, only that Rumpke bills it separately and quarterly Not confirmed: The page carries no bulk or large item rule and does not mention mattresses

• Primary names Harvard Avenue Transfer Station at 3227 Harvard Ave, Newburgh Heights OH 44105; district calls it Harvard Road at 3227 Harvard Road. Same number, city and operator support an identity candidate, but street suffix discrepancy retained. Source
• Hamilton municipal FAQ says transfer-station large-item intake Monday–Saturday. Existing Rumpke operator-locator staging record 07c7c0690194a830d775d57e lists Monday–Friday 8am–3:45pm at the same 1000 N Third Street address and phone 513-867-8661. This is an hours discrepancy, not grounds to merge unrelated branches. Source
• Ohio EPA Solid Waste Management District Locator (GIS app): select a county to see its Solid Waste Management District; the underlying layer covers all 88 counties. SWMDs are the local contact for recycling and disposal. Source
• Ohio EPA's "Where to Recycle" page names the three statewide tools it offers residents: the Ohio EPA Recycling Directory (a searchable directory of service providers who volunteered to be listed), the solid waste management district locator map, and the Ohio Materials Marketplace for businesses. It states that recycling and litter prevention activities are controlled locally through the county's solid waste management district, which "can help with information such as ... where to take hard to recycle items". Note the agency site now serves these pages under the /wps/portal/gov/epa/ path; the bare /divisions-and-offices/... URLs 404 when requested directly. Source
• The Ohio EPA Recycling Directory is hosted on RecycleSearch (Re-TRAC) and is searchable by free text or by pre-set material categories after setting a location. Its own text says results may include curbside recycling programs, drop-off recycling locations, reuse stores and other service providers, and that listing is not an endorsement. Its FAQ states the directory "is in the process of being populated" and that some areas of the state may have no information available, directing residents to their local solid waste management district instead. Listings are managed by Ohio EPA and the districts. Source
• No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Ohio EPA pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments and county solid waste management districts. The agency's own site search for "mattress" returns only 4 resources, none of them mattress-related (Revised Total Coliform Rule, Underground Injection Control, operator exam information and a Trauma Scene Clean-Up fact sheet). The Materials and Waste Management division pages cover solid waste, infectious waste, scrap tires and C&DD, with no mattress or bulky-item program. Source
• Mattress Recycling Council's Program States page names exactly four program states — California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon. Ohio is not among them, confirming there is no MRC-run mattress stewardship program or Bye Bye Mattress free drop-off network in Ohio. Source