How to get rid of a mattress in Ashland, 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.

• Ashland's curbside rates are city rates, and the city rate sheet has no mattress line at all. The sheet is headed "RECOLOGY ASHLAND / ASHLAND ONLY - CITY RATES / Effective April 1, 2024" and sets every charge a household can be billed. Under "Miscellaneous Rates" it lists "Trash - On Call $11.32", "Not on Service 1st Can $18.47", "Additional no-service Can $8.21", "Go Back Fee $20.00" and "Recycle Center Surcharge $1.60". The only oversized-item line on the sheet is "Appliance Rates: Per Item First Two (Plus Disposal) $19.14; Each Additional Item (Plus Disposal) $9.56". Monthly residential carts run $24.90 for a 32-gallon cart to $79.05 for a 96-gallon cart, with "Extra Can/Lg Bag $8.21" and "Extra Small Bag $4.10". Nothing on the sheet covers a mattress or box spring, and there is no bulky-item or large-item rate. A mattress is not an appliance, so the $19.14 appliance rate cannot be read onto it. Source Not confirmed: Recology Ashland publishes no price for collecting a mattress or box spring from an Ashland curb, and no city rate sheet line covers one. Whether the hauler will take one at all on an on-call trash run is not published.
• Ashland's franchise ordinance answers two questions a reader actually has. First, you may legally haul your own mattress: AMC 9.50.050(B) says "This chapter does not prohibit any person from self-hauling solid waste and/or recyclables. A generator may self-haul his or her own material, and a generator's contractor may haul materials that are generated as a direct result of the service provider's activity." Second, you may not hire anyone else to do it - "No person shall do business in the collection and transport of solid waste generated within the City without a current, valid City franchise", and while franchises "shall be nonexclusive", the City "shall not grant any other person a franchise for solid waste management services unless there is a showing by the applicant of the need for such additional service", with the existing franchisee holding first right of refusal. Rates are the City's, not the hauler's: under AMC 9.50.050(H) "the City Council may review and set rates on an annual basis by Council resolution", adjusted "equal to the percentage change in the January-to-January Consumer Price Index for Pacific Division (CPI - Pacific) but not to exceed the twelve percent (12%) operating margin cap". AMC 9.50.050(E)(2)(b) requires the Council's operations standards to cover "Procedures for missed, bulky waste, vacation hold, etc., collections". Source Not confirmed: The bulky-waste procedure that AMC 9.50.050(E)(2)(b) requires the Council to set by resolution was not located as a published document, so what Ashland's rules say about a mattress at the curb is unestablished.
• Dumping a mattress in Ashland is a nuisance offense under AMC 9.08.110 Scattering Rubbish: "No person shall deposit upon public or private property any kind of rubbish, trash, debris, refuse, or any substance that would mar the appearance, create a stench or fire hazard, detract from the cleanliness or safety of the property, or would be likely to injure a person, animal, or vehicle traveling upon a public way." The section adds that "Any violation of this section is punishable as provided under 9.08.990." It applies to private property as well as public, so a mattress left in a yard or an alley is caught. Source
• AMC 9.08.990 grades the offense: "Violations of any of the following sections constitute a Class II violation: ... b. 9.08.110 Scattering Rubbish", alongside 9.08.080 Attractive Nuisances and 9.08.190 General Nuisance. The schedule states that "Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter is subject to Section 1.08.020 of the Ashland Municipal Code", which is where the fine for a Class II violation is fixed. Abandoned refrigerators are graded more seriously, as a Class I violation under 9.08.070; a discarded mattress falls under the Class II scattering-trash section. Source Not confirmed: The dollar amount of a Class II violation is set in AMC 1.08.020, which was not read.
• The in-town drop-off is not the mattress answer. The Ashland Recycling Center, 220 Water St, Ashland, OR 97520 (541.482.1471), open Tuesday through Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM and closed Monday and Sunday, publishes its accepted list as mixed recycling; "Glass containers - glass is collected in a separate area from other recyclable materials"; bottles and cans; cardboard; and "Soft Plastic (Through a partnership with TREX)". It states that it does not accept electronics, car batteries, heavy metals or motor oil. Mattresses and box springs appear nowhere on the accepted list; the site is a container-recycling depot with a compost demonstration area, not a bulky-waste yard. Ashland's free mattress drop-off is at Valley View Transfer Station on the other side of town. Source Not confirmed: The Ashland Recycling Center page does not state a mattress policy either way - mattresses are simply absent from both its accepted and its excluded lists.

• 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