How to get rid of a mattress in Albany, OR.

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.

• Albany's code names its hauler, puts the rates in the Council's hands, and keeps self-haul lawful. Albany Municipal Code Chapter 3.28, the "Solid Waste Management and Recycling Ordinance", continues and extends "to Albany-Lebanon Sanitation, Inc., formerly Spady-Redfield Corporation, dba Albany-Lebanon Sanitation Company ... the exclusive right, privilege and franchise to continue to provide service within the City limits" (Sec. 3.28.040(2)). Sec. 3.28.130 (Rates) provides: "Rates for service shall be approved by resolution. In establishing or modifying rates, the Council shall give due consideration to ORS 459.200; current and projected revenues and expenses ...". Sec. 3.28.040(4)(a) preserves self-haul: nothing in the franchise shall "Prohibit any person from transporting solid waste he/she produces himself/herself to an authorized disposal site or resource recovery facility", and Sec. 3.28.070(1)(f) requires the franchisee to contract for disposal "and further for self-hauling by citizens of the City for so long as that is permitted by the City or by regulatory agencies." Sec. 3.28.040(4)(d) also exempts anyone "providing service for the benefit of a charitable, civic or benevolent activity". The franchisee must "Operate a recycling depot within the City for the purpose of providing a public facility where residents may take recyclable materials" (Sec. 3.28.070(2)(a)). Sec. 3.28.140(2) requires that "a residential customer shall place the container to be emptied outside of any locked or latched gate and outside of any garage or other building", and Sec. 3.28.140(1)(a) caps a garbage can at "60 pounds gross loaded weight nor 32 gallons in size". Sec. 3.28.160: "Except as otherwise provided in ORS 459.992, violation by any person of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and shall be punishable as provided in Section 1.04.010 of the Albany Municipal Code." The chapter's definition of solid waste expressly includes "discarded residential, commercial and industrial appliances, equipment and furniture". Source Not confirmed: Chapter 3.28 never mentions mattresses, bulky items or a large-item collection, so the code sets no mattress rule. Not confirmed: The fine or jail term behind Sec. 3.28.160 sits in Sec. 1.04.010, which was not read.
• The City's adopted rate schedule does price a mattress by size - but the published schedule is decades old and the current figure is not on the City's site. Albany Resolution No. 5543, "A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING RATES FOR THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE INSIDE THE ALBANY CITY LIMITS AND REPEALING RESOLUTION NO. 5299", was adopted when "Allied Waste of Albany-Lebanon (AW) has a franchise to provide solid waste and recyclable materials collection services in the city of Albany". Its schedule includes a "Single Items" table with two rate columns, listing "Mattress or boxspring - queen or king 21.00 / 22.00" and "Mattress or boxspring - twin or double 18.00 / 19.00", beside "Couch 24.00 / 25.00", "Couch (Hide-a-bed) 27.00 / 28.00", "Refrigerator 29.00 / 30.00", "Washing Machine 24.00 / 25.00" and "Water Heater 18.00 / 19.00". The structure is the durable finding: Albany's franchised hauler collects single bulky items for a per-item price set by City resolution, and a mattress is priced by size rather than by weight. Source Not confirmed: Resolution 5543 is superseded: it names Allied Waste, and the City has since adjusted the approved rate schedule by percentage resolutions. Its dollar figures must not be quoted as current. Not confirmed: The City's website publishes the percentage-change resolutions but not the current approved rate schedule itself, so the present price of an Albany mattress collection could not be established. Not confirmed: Neither the resolution nor any City page says how a single-item collection is booked or how much notice it needs.
• The mechanism by which that schedule is kept current is itself published, which is why the old figures cannot simply be adjusted by hand. Albany Resolution No. 7274, "A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN INCREASE TO THE APPROVED RATE SCHEDULE FOR COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY ALBANY-LEBANON SANITATION, D/B/A REPUBLIC SERVICES", recites that "Albany-Lebanon Sanitation, d/b/a Republic Services, has an exclusive franchise agreement with the City of Albany", that "the methodology for annual rate adjustments for those services provided by Republic Services is outlined in Resolution No. 6019", and resolves "that the rates for collection and disposal services provided by Republic Services as part of their exclusive franchise agreement with the City of Albany shall be amended to reflect an increase of 1.0 percent", effective January 1, 2024, with future adjustments to continue under the Resolution No. 6019 methodology. Source Not confirmed: The resolution changes the schedule by a percentage and does not reproduce it, so it yields no per-item mattress price. Not confirmed: Resolution No. 6019, which holds the rate-adjustment methodology, was not read. Not confirmed: Rate resolutions later than No. 7274 were not located on the City's resolutions index, so the number of subsequent adjustments is unknown.

• SVdP shared policy allows fewer than ten mattresses at listed stores, but MRC locator gives Cottage Grove a five-unit maximum, sends Seneca loads over five to Prairie Road, and lists Florence/Albany/Salem limits of ten residential or 25 business units. Facility-specific quantity applicability conflicts with the shared page. Source
• County describes public self-haul recycling/garbage access but still says it operates 15 transfer stations. Current directory identifies Walton as permanently closed. Division office is 3100 E. 17th Avenue, Eugene OR 97403; office hours are not receiving hours. Source
• Linked fee-breakdown page describes July 3, 2025 increases and lists mattress/box-spring rate-code amounts (MattBxsp TN $293.12, EA $17.44; MatBxspTN Recy $293.12). Applicability to current household recycling or garbage is not explained; August 2026 consumer page says Glenwood recycling free. Source
• Existing MRC Glenwood lead 1df981cc23e151b2d03067db matches county facility by name/location: 3100 East 17th Avenue, Eugene. MRC records Multnomah and older 8–6 hours; county has Lane and dated 7:30–5:30 weekday hours. Source
• Current table simultaneously lists a minimum charge and free mattress/box-spring intake up to five daily. Generic facility recycling description does not establish every mattress is recycled. Source
• Oregon Mattress Stewardship Program under SB 1576 (2022), implemented by Mattress Recycling Council from Jan 1, 2025. $22.50 stewardship assessment per mattress or boxspring collected at point of sale; collected units processed for renovation, reuse or recycling. Source
• Retailers must collect the assessment at point of sale as a separate receipt line item, buy only from registered producers/renovators, and give consumers collection-opportunity information; only registered entities may sell mattresses in Oregon. No retailer take-back mandate stated. Source
• Bye Bye Mattress Oregon: mattresses and box springs in any condition, no matter when purchased, can be dropped off free at participating collection sites or events; statewide locator at byebyemattress.com/find-a-facility/. Businesses with 100+ units qualify for no-cost transport and recycling. Helpline 1-855-494-8400. Source