How to get rid of a mattress in Florence, 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.

• Florence sets every solid waste rate itself, by resolution, and the schedule it adopted has no bulky-item or mattress line in it. Resolution No. 13, Series 2025 recites that "Section 2 of Resolution No. 10, Series 2024, updated fees for solid waste services" and that "The fee schedule in Exhibit A incorporates the fees for solid waste services". Under "Solid Waste Management Fees - 1. Cart Base Rate - Residential - A. Basic Residential Curbside Service", the monthly rates are 32-35 Gallon $25.70 every other week and $34.85 weekly; 48 Gallon $28.60 / $39.45; 60-65 Gallon $30.60 / $43.25; 90-95 Gallon $38.10 / $55.45, with each additional cart charged at the weekly rate. The only extras the City prices are "Occasional extra bag 4.00 per bag", "Occasional extra cart 6.95 per cart" and "Pack Out Service 3.30 per month per cart" ("Up to 30 fee[t] from curbside - haulers may provide a disability discount for service"). Roll-off dumpster base rates are "9-10 yards 173.45", "11-30 yards 173.45", "31-40 yards 179.3", "Relocation/Delivery 84.15", with "Disposal Fee** County's Rate" and the footnote "** Actual fee charged by the disposal facility (transfer station, county/private dump)". The City's cut is "Five percent of the gross receipts (excluding Lane County disposal fees collected for roll off dumpster service)". Nowhere in the 37-page schedule is there a bulky-item, large-item, furniture or mattress charge. Source Not confirmed: The City-adopted fee schedule prices no bulky or large-item collection at all, so there is no City-set price for having a mattress taken away in Florence. Not confirmed: Because the disposal fee on a roll-off is passed through at 'County's Rate', the total cost of clearing a mattress in a rented box cannot be read off the schedule.
• Florence licenses haulers rather than granting one exclusive franchise, and its code puts the set-out rules in writing. Florence City Code Title 9, Chapter 4 ("Solid Waste Management", as amended by Ordinance No. 5, Series 2025) requires a license - "No person shall provide or offer to provide solid waste services for compensation within the City" without one - with exemptions that include "The transportation by a person of solid waste generated or produced by such person to a disposal" site. Public responsibilities at 9-4-6-1 are specific: customers "shall only use carts or containers furnished by the licensee", and "An occasional bag garbage can set out for manual pickup shall not exceed 32 gallons in size nor 60 pounds in gross loaded weight"; all residential customers "shall, whether on collection days or for on-call service, place all carts curbside in the street, or other pickup point designated by the licensee. Customer must ensure that the cart lid opening faces the street and handles and wheels face the curb. Carts cannot be placed on the sidewalk"; "Carts shall not be placed within three (3) feet of mailboxes, other carts, overhead obstructions, or any other fixed object"; "Carts, set out for pick-up, must have their lids be in direct contact with rim of cart and shall not be tied down with bungee cords, rope or other fasteners"; and "No unauthorized person shall remove solid waste or recyclable materials placed out for collection". A licensee "may establish maximum weights or load lines for unusually heavy materials or prohibit the placement of such materials in a cart, container or roll off". Enforcement at 9-4-7-5: "The City shall enforce the provisions of this Chapter by administrative, civil or criminal action or any combination thereof", with the fine "that established in Chapter 1-4 of this Code". The City's own Order New Garbage Service page names the two operators to call: "Central Coast Disposal" 541-902-7554 and "County Transfer & Recycling" 541-997-8233. Neither the code nor the City page mentions mattresses. Source Not confirmed: The fine for a solid waste violation is set by cross-reference to Chapter 1-4 of the Florence City Code, which was not read, so the dollar amount is not established. Not confirmed: Neither licensee publishes a Florence rate card of its own; County Transfer & Recycling's residential page says only 'Fees will be applied to your bill' for extra trash. Not confirmed: No Florence licensee publishes a mattress or bulky-item price.

• 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