How to get rid of a mattress in Forest 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.

• Outside that free window, the City's own adopted rate sheet has no mattress line at all. "City of Forest Grove Rates For Solid Waste and Recycling, Effective July 1, 2025" sets weekly roll cart service at "One - 20gal cart - 1 pickup per week $24.55", "One - 35gal cart $27.85", "One - 60gal cart $43.45" and "One - 90gal cart $61.30" a month, with each additional 35gal cart $17.60, 60gal $33.00 and 90gal $49.35. Will call service is "Will call billed - 35gal cart $5.95" plus "Will call container rental - 35gal cart $10.90 (Includes Weekly Recycling)". Under "EXTRAS" it lists only "Additional Recycling Roll Cart (added 2007) $5.15", "Garbage - can or bag $9.15" and "Yard Debris - bag or 2x2 bundle $3.30". Under "MISCELLANEOUS" it lists "Call Back Charge $15.50", "Distance Charge $2.60" and "Cart Delivery/Pickup Charge $14.50". Recycling only is $9.40 a week and yard debris only $4.75 to $5.25 bi-weekly. Drop box service is priced by size, from "10 Yard $176.72" dry waste to "40 Yard $298.21" wet waste. There is no bulky item, special pickup, furniture, appliance or mattress line anywhere on the schedule. Source Not confirmed: The City's adopted schedule publishes no price for collecting a mattress outside the twice-yearly cleanup, so the cost of a Forest Grove mattress pickup on an ordinary week could not be established. Not confirmed: The City posts the 2025-26 schedule while the hauler's own Forest Grove rates page lists rates effective July 1, 2026 (20-gallon roll-cart $25.20, 35-gallon $28.70, 64-gallon $44.90, 96-gallon $63.45), so the City's posted document is one year behind; neither version carries a mattress line.
• The City names its hauler and posts its rate documents, and that is the whole of what it says. The Garbage & Recycling page states "The City of Forest Grove uses Waste Management for refuse collection" and gives 503-249-8078. It links "2025-26 Residential Rates" and "2025-26 Commercial/Multi-Family Rates" as documents, and it points readers with an unwanted mattress at the Bye Bye Mattress program. Nothing on the page describes a bulky-item collection, a price for one, or a local mattress rule. Source Not confirmed: The page offers no bulky-item procedure, price or booking rule of the City's own. Not confirmed: The City's only mattress-specific pointer is to the statewide program, not to anything Forest Grove runs.

• 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