How to get rid of a mattress in Ontario, 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.

• Ontario's own code names mattresses. Section 7-1-1 defines BULK SOLID WASTE as "discarded bedding, mattresses, furniture, junk, yard debris, uprooted tree stumps, demolition or construction debris, and/or other non-putrefactive and nonhazardous materials not placed in a container, or too large to be placed in a container", and folds bulk solid waste into the definition of JUNK; Section 7-1-4(C) then provides that "No person will deposit or keep junk within a public right-of-way or out-of-doors on any premises within City or in a structure that is not wholly enclosed" (Ordinance No. 2820-2023, adopted April 11, 2023). A mattress left outside in Ontario is therefore a code violation, not merely untidy. On collection, Section 7-3-1 makes the collection, removal and disposal of garbage "compulsory and universal", the Council authorizes the franchise and sets the maximum charges a hauler may make (Section 7-3-4), and the maximum-rate table still printed at Section 7-3-5 — last amended by Ordinance 2280 in August 1990, its final column running from September 1992 — prices a bulk collection by time rather than by item: "Bulk pickup, 1 truck and 1 man, per hour", $46.65 in that last column. A resident may transport solid waste they produced themselves to an authorized disposal site (Section 7-3-4). Depositing trash or garbage on public or private property except where the Council designates is prohibited (Section 7-3-10), and a breach of the chapter is a Class A violation (Section 7-3-13). Source Not confirmed: The maximum rates currently consented to by the Ontario City Council are not published; the table in the code runs only to September 1992 Not confirmed: No per-item bulky charge exists in the code, so the cost of having a mattress collected in Ontario could not be established

• 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