How to get rid of a mattress in Hood River, 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.

• Hood River sets its hauler's prices by resolution, and the adopted schedule prices no mattress. Resolution No. 2025-26, adopted by the City Council on August 11, 2025, rescinds Resolution 2024-17 and adopts Exhibit A — the rates of Waste Connections of Oregon, Inc. doing business as Hood River Garbage — effective September 1, 2025, under a ten-year exclusive franchise agreement effective May 1, 2017 that requires rates to be set by resolution. The residential SPECIAL CHARGES list in Exhibit A is complete at nine lines: overweight/full $5.91, extra bag/box $5.91, extra loose yardage $26.30, return trip $13.89, recycle bin replacement $28.97, roll cart replacement $66.07, account set-up fee $7.64, NSF $46.08 and delinquent fee $18.40. There is no bulky-item, large-item, furniture or mattress charge anywhere in the residential schedule; the commercial list adds white goods at $18.12 and likewise names no mattress. A 65-gallon cart collected every other week at the curb is $32.00 a month, and low-income, elderly or disabled customers qualified through MCCAC receive a $6.12 a month discount. Source Not confirmed: No bulky-item or mattress charge exists in the adopted Hood River schedule, so the price of having one taken from a Hood River curb could not be established
• Hood River deliberately removed its garbage rules from the municipal code. Ordinance No. 2031, read for the second time and adopted on February 13, 2017, repealed Hood River Municipal Code Title 8 (Health and Safety), Chapter 04 (Garbage Regulations) "in its entirety" and replaced it with a two-section chapter that does nothing but require a franchise for use of the public right-of-way and authorize a utility tax or franchise fee of no more than 7% of gross revenue. The same ordinance adopted the Exclusive Solid Waste and Recycling Collection Service Franchise Agreement with Waste Connections of Oregon, Inc. dba Hood River Garbage Service, for the exclusive right to collect and transport all solid waste, recyclables and organics from residential, commercial, institutional and industrial generators in the city to a suitable transfer station. The practical consequence for a resident is that no Hood River ordinance sets a set-out rule, a bulky-item right, a wrapping rule or a mattress rule — those terms sit in the franchise agreement and in the rate schedule the Council adopts by resolution. Source Not confirmed: The franchise agreement itself, Exhibit A to Ordinance 2031, is not reproduced on the city's website, so any bulky-item or mattress term it may contain could not be read

• 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