How to get rid of a mattress in Medford, 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.

• Rogue Disposal's residential trash page publishes the Medford curbside rate card and the local set-out rules, and confirms that an oversized item is not something the cart service covers. Monthly cart rates are given twice over, inside and outside the city limits: 35-gallon $27.02 / $28.87, 65-gallon $45.31 / $49.02, 95-gallon $63.60 / $69.17. Occasional overflow is handled by bag, not by bulky pickup: "If you have additional trash every now and then, use a standard 33-gallon plastic bag and set it next to your roll cart on trash day", charged at $6.75 per 33-gallon bag inside the city limits and $7.22 outside. Large items are pushed to the separate program — "Need to get rid of an old mattress, broken refrigerator, ripped sofa or rusted swing set? Our Bulky Pickup can come to you to haul away the big, hard-to-handle stuff." The set-out rules are specific: "Have your cart out by 6:30 am on your scheduled pickup day. Place the roll cart with the wheels flush against the sidewalk or shoulder — or up on the sidewalk if you have a bike lane — with the white arrows pointing toward the street", keeping the cart "3' from other carts and clear from obstructions — including 10' away from trees, basketball hoops and power lines" and at least 5 feet from parked cars. Source Not confirmed: The rate card has no bulky, oversized or mattress line, so the published Medford rates do not price a mattress. Not confirmed: The page does not name the cities the inside-city-limits rate applies to.
• Medford franchises refuse collection but, unusually for Oregon, does not grant an exclusive one, and the Council approves the rates. MMC 4.200(1): "It shall be unlawful for any person, for profit or gain, to transport, store or dispose of any solid waste collected from another person, unless the person engaging in such collection, transport, storage or disposal is franchised by the City Council", with exemptions including collection by a charitable, fraternal or non-profit organization for material recovery and collection "where no charge is made for such service". MMC 4.205(4) requires that a franchise agreement "shall provide a public hearing and Council approval of any changes in the services provided or rates charged before the changes go into effect", adding the one loophole that matters here: "provided, however, that a franchise agreement may allow a rate adjustment based on a consumer price index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics without a hearing or Council approval." MMC 4.205(6): "No exclusive franchises shall be granted under this section. No franchise shall have a term of more than 10 years." Section 4.205 was last amended by Ord. No. 2024-86 of September 5, 2024. Source Not confirmed: The code requires Council approval of rates but does not codify the rate schedule, and no City of Medford resolution or exhibit setting a bulky or mattress rate was located. Unlike Bend, Eagle Point or Wilsonville, Medford does not publish the rate schedule on its own website.
• The offenses that catch a dumped mattress in Medford sit in chapter 5 of the code, not in the solid waste chapter. MMC 5.285 Offensive Littering: "No person shall create an offensive odor or degrade the natural appearance of property by: (a) discarding or depositing any junk, garbage, scrap or debris upon public or private property without lawful permission of the owner", and "Violation of this section constitutes a violation." MMC 5.500 Unlawful Accumulation of Junk: "No person shall cause or allow an unsightly or malodorous accumulation of junk, garbage, animal feces, scrap metal, scrap lumber, used tires, discarded building material, appliances or fixtures, or dismantled machinery on public or private property unless the property is in lawful use for junk storage or recycling"; "Every day in which the accumulation exists constitutes a separate violation"; the property owner shown on Jackson County tax records, the lessee or other person in control is presumed to have allowed it; and the accumulation "is declared to be a public nuisance, and may be abated in the manner provided in section 5.520", under which the City may abate and assess the cost against the property. MMC 5.502 puts the duty on landlords: since January 1, 1997 the owner of any dwelling let for human habitation must provide a 30-gallon receptacle per unit in a location accessible to all units and "shall subscribe to and pay for weekly garbage removal service for the receptacles with a City of Medford refuse collection franchise holder." Source Not confirmed: The code sets no dollar penalty in these sections; the fine for a "violation" is fixed elsewhere and was not established. Not confirmed: Medford's code sets no curbside set-out window of its own — the 6:30 am rule comes from the hauler, not from an ordinance.
• The City of Medford runs no drop-off site of its own and says so by omission: its Public Works recycling page states that "Solid waste and recycling collections services are provided by Rogue Disposal & Recycling, Inc. (RDR): 541-779-4161", offers "Public solid waste and recycling drop off" only at "Rogue Transfer and Recycling, LLC located at 8001 Table Rock Rd. in White City", and points residents to the county's two free mattress sites under the state program — "Jackson County residents can drop off unwanted mattresses or box springs at no cost" at Valley View Transfer Station, 3000 N. Valley View Rd., Ashland (Monday through Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Rogue Transfer Station, 8001 Table Rock Rd., White City (Monday through Saturday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Curbside recycling is every other week, and the city holds one household hazardous waste collection event in early May. Both mattress sites are already on the page from the county layer, so nothing new is recorded here. Source Not confirmed: No municipal yard, convenience center or residents' drop-off day inside Medford was found; the nearest real answers are the two county sites already recorded, at White City and Ashland.
• The Rogue Valley Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Medford publishes a donation guide that does not extend to bedding. Its accepted categories are appliances, cabinets, doors, hardware, flooring, furniture, lawn and garden, electrical, lumber, paint, plumbing, roofing, tile, tools and windows, under the general statement "We accept a wide range of new and gently used building materials, furniture, and appliances in good, working condition." Mattresses, box springs and bedding appear nowhere on the page, in either the accepted or the excluded list. Drop-offs are taken Tuesday through Saturday 10am–4pm and the store asks donors to telephone 541-773-9095 first to check donation-bay availability. Source Not confirmed: The ReStore states no mattress policy either way, so this is silence rather than a published refusal. Nothing is recorded as an option, and a reader should not treat the absence as permission to turn up with a mattress.

• 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