How to get rid of a mattress in Independence, 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.

• Independence Municipal Code chapter 24 is a short chapter and contains no bulky-item program at all - thirteen sections, none of them about large items or clean-up days. What it does set are the rules a resident is bound by. IMC 24-2: "No solid waste container provided by a customer shall exceed 60 pounds gross loaded weight nor 32 gallons in size." IMC 24-3 requires a residential customer to place the container "outside of any locked or latched gate and outside of any garage or other building". IMC 24-7 and 24-8 govern what sits at the curb: "No person shall place material in a solid waste collection container without permission from the owner of the container", and "No unauthorized person shall remove solid waste placed out for collection or resource recovery" - so stripping a mattress or a bed frame from someone's set-out is an offense. IMC 24-11 requires every generator to have putrescible waste removed "at least every 14 days", an "Independence Municipal Code Class A violation" if they do not, and IMC 24-13 sets the teeth: "Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall incur a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000.00 a day for each day of the violation", each day a separate offense. The code was codified through Ordinance No. 1628, enacted March 10, 2026. Source Not confirmed: Chapter 24 does not name the franchisee or set rates; the franchise itself sits in Appendix A of the code, which was not read, so the rate-setting mechanism for Independence could not be quoted.
• Not an option: Independence's Public Works department does run one free curbside collection of its own, and it is worth knowing exactly how narrow it is before anyone drags a mattress to the curb for it. "Every fall the Public Works Department picks up leaves for the residents of Independence, whose property has more leaves than the Brandt's yard recycling container can hold." The published requirements exclude everything else in terms: "No twigs, branches, or grass clippings - leaves only!" Residents sweep leaves into the street during the listed weeks only, leaving a one-foot strip between the curb and the leaves and a five-foot gap around parked cars. The page closes by sending anything else back to the hauler: "Please continue to use it for limbs, grass clippings, leaves, and other yard debris ... Contact Brandt's at 503-838-0464 for their services." The city's only collection program is a street sweeper, and it takes leaves and nothing else. Source Not confirmed: The page does not publish the collection weeks for the current year, only that they are 'the weeks listed'.
• Brandt's Sanitary Service - the sole garbage provider the City of Independence names - states in its own FAQ that it will take a mattress from the curb for a charge: "If you are looking to get rid of mattress, bed frames, couches, recliners, chairs, tables, dressers or desks (to name a few) we can pick those up curbside for an additional cost, just call when you want to set up the pickup!" The price is not published: "Prices for each service vary, please call our office for additional information so we can pick the best service for what you need!" Office hours for the call and for dropping off electronics or small appliances are Monday through Thursday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to 3:00 pm, closed 12:00-1:00 pm, at 503-838-0464. Fridges and freezers are referred out to Master Appliance in Monmouth for freon removal; propane tanks are refused outright. Source Not confirmed: No price for a curbside mattress pickup is published for Independence customers. Not confirmed: Brandt's does not state how much notice a pickup needs or how many items it will take at once.
• Brandt's City Rates schedule is what an Independence household is charged, and it has no mattress line. Weekly carts run $27.80 (35 gal), $37.15 (65 gal) and $47.20 (95 gal); bi-weekly $18.90 / $24.50 / $30.55; monthly $14.45 / $18.25 / $22.25. Miscellaneous charges include "Extra bag/can(s) $10.80", "On Call Solid Waste $9.70 - $29.05, Varies by cart size", "Recycling Surcharge (all customers in City/Urban) $1.90", "Household Hazardous Waste Fee $.25 All residents", "Yard Debris Only $7.30" and an "Up to House Service" surcharge of $16.15 a month weekly per cart if the driver has to leave the curb. Container options are priced too - 1.5 yard container $63.85 for a 3-day rental, 30 yard drop box $174.60 plus $60.00 per ton and a $19.71 environmental fee - but the schedule is entirely carts, bags, containers and trips. The separate County Rates column (Urban Growth, Rural, Distant Rural) applies outside the city limits and is slightly different again, which is why an Independence address and a rural Polk address are not quoted the same figures. Source Not confirmed: No bulky-item or mattress rate appears in either the City Rates or County Rates schedule, so the 'additional cost' of a mattress pickup is unpublished. Not confirmed: The schedule carries no effective date or adoption reference.

• 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