How to get rid of a mattress in North Bend, 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.

• North Bend runs no collection of its own and publishes no rates. The city's solid waste page says only: "Les' Sanitary Service provides solid waste collection (i.e. trash pick-up) and recycling services in North Bend. Curbside recycling bins are provided with garbage service, and drop-off recycling is accepted at the waste transfer station at 1260 S 1st St. for a small fee. They can be reached at 541-756-5211." Commercial customers are told to call "North Bend Sanitation" on the same number for a free waste audit. The rest of the page is a recycling list (plastics in jug, tub or bottle shape; paper; cardboard; metal; glass bottles and jars) and composting advice, with electronics directed to West Coast Recycling at 1210 S Broadway, Coos Bay. Nothing on the page addresses large items. Note for the reviewer: the well-indexed "On-Call Bulky Waste ... Mattresses, Sofas & Chairs $45.59" rate belongs to North Bend, WASHINGTON (northbendwa.gov, Recology King County), not to this city. Source Not confirmed: The city publishes no solid waste rate schedule and no bulky or large-item charge Not confirmed: Mattresses are not mentioned anywhere on the city's solid waste page Not confirmed: The transfer station at 1260 S 1st St has no published fees, hours or mattress policy — "a small fee" for drop-off recycling is the only figure given Not confirmed: Les' Sanitary's own residential page lists only cart sizes and directs callers to phone for rates
• North Bend City Code Chapter 8.24 GARBAGE is short and old, and it is the city's whole rulebook on this. § 8.24.010 defines garbage to include "articles and things ordinarily and customarily discarded from places of business and from domestic establishments". § 8.24.030 makes it "unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of collecting, gathering or transporting garbage with the city of North Bend without having first obtained from the said city a permit, license or franchise for such purpose", and "further unlawful ... to use any property within the corporate limits of the city of North Bend as a garbage dump". § 8.24.040 makes it unlawful to dump or deposit garbage on public or private property inside the city, with the narrow exceptions that it may be kept briefly in a covered sanitary receptacle until lawfully disposed of, or buried on private property with the owner's permission if adequately covered — and a consenting property owner is himself subject to the chapter's penalties. § 8.24.050 makes a violation "punishable upon conviction by a fine in an amount to be set by council resolution" (Ord. 2014, 2017). Source Not confirmed: The chapter creates no bulky-item program and names no mattress or bedding Not confirmed: The fine amount is fixed by a council resolution that is not published with the code
• Not an option: North Bend's one free clean-up event will not take a mattress. The city's own calendar entry for "City Clean Up Day" — "Give a Can, Ditch a Can—Spring Clean for a Cause", held Saturday, April 19, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., a partnership of Oregon Bay Area Beautification, South Coast Food Share, Les' Sanitary Service, Coos Bay Sanitary and the cities of North Bend and Coos Bay — says "Participants can bring up to four cans (35-gallon size) of household garbage for disposal in exchange for a donation of at least four canned food items or $4", with the North Bend drop-off at Pony Village Mall by Mini Pet Mart. On what it will take: "In addition to household garbage, recyclables are welcome. However, tires, appliances, furniture, metal, and hazardous materials will not be accepted. The event is limited to residents of Coos Bay and North Bend only." The event was last held in 2019 before this revival. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named on the exclusion list, which bars furniture; the accepted quantity is four 35-gallon cans of household garbage Not confirmed: No date is published for a 2026 or 2027 edition

• 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