How to get rid of a mattress in Cottage Grove, 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.

• Cottage Grove Garbage Service holds the City's franchise and publishes the City-approved rate sheet, which contains no bulky-item or large-item line at all. The sheet is headed "Price Sheet" and carries two columns, "City - 4/1/25" and "Outside City - 2/1/26". Inside the city: "35 Cart - EOW $13.50", "35 Cart $23.75", "65 Cart $34.00", "95 Cart $47.45", "Extra Garbage per 32 Gallons $7.00", "Return Trip Fee $7.00", with the note "Monthly rate = 1 tip per week". Containers run from "1 yard $134.00" to "6 yards $607.00" with "Extra Garbage per cubic yard $33.50" and a "Return Trip Fee $25.00". Roll-off boxes inside the city are a "Transport fee $251.00" plus "Rental fee per day $5.00" and a "Disposal fee - Actual Cost". The only other lines are "Bio-Medical service - City Only, 35-gallon bio box disposal $112.00" and customer's-equipment transport "Based on Risk". The company describes itself as "Serving South Lane County Since 1974", office 541-942-8321, PO Box 442 Cottage Grove, OR 97424. The City's own recycling page names the same hauler and sends self-haulers to "Lane County Transfer sites". Source Not confirmed: The rate sheet contains no bulky-item, large-item or on-call pickup line and no mattress price, so there is no published price for having a mattress collected in Cottage Grove. Not confirmed: The City's resolution approving these rates (Resolution 2163, effective April 1, 2025) is referenced in council coverage but the document itself is no longer reachable on the City's website. Not confirmed: Whether the franchise hauler will quote a price to move a mattress by other means is not published.
• Not an option: The franchise hauler's own service rules bar mattresses from every container it supplies - cart, container and roll-off box alike. The Service Information Sheet opens: "Prohibited items in any cart, container or roll-off box: No tires, asbestos containing materials, appliances, mattresses, fluorescent bulbs, TVs, monitors, computers, paint, chemicals, solvents, herbicides, pesticides, other hazardous or liquid materials, rocks, concrete, dirt or sod." The only carve-out named is for inert material, not for mattresses: "Exceptions to prohibited items: Dirt, sod, rocks or concrete can only be disposed of in a 12-yard roll-off box." So renting a roll-off for a house cleanout does not solve a mattress in Cottage Grove. Other set-out rules on the same sheet: "Roll Cart Service Day: Cart must be curbside by 7:00 am on the scheduled day of service"; weight limits of 50 lbs (35 gallon), 100 lbs (65 gallon) and 150 lbs (95 gallon); "Carts, containers & roll-off boxes cannot be loaded above the top rim"; "Roll carts that are not returned will result in a $75.00 fee per cart"; office hours 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Thursday and 9:00 am to 12:00 noon Friday. Source Not confirmed: The sheet bars mattresses without naming an alternative route through the franchise hauler.

• 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