How to get rid of a mattress in Tillamook, 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.

• Tillamook's franchised collector publishes a full city rate sheet with no mattress on it. City Sanitary Service's "City Rates for 32 gallon cans, EFFECTIVE 7/1/26" prices at-curb residential service at $22.85 a month for one can collected weekly, in-yard service at $26.20, "Extra Can Occasionally (Regular Customers) $6.80 per each 32 gallons or 50 pounds", "On-Call Service $10.45 ... Only for carts/cans under 35 gallons. Per each 32 gallons or 50 pounds. Curbside only", roll cart rent of $3.00 a month, curbside commingle at $4.75 a month, and drop boxes at "$138.00 per hour" for 10-13 yard boxes and "$145.00 per hour" for 20-30 yard boxes with "Dump Fees: $101.25 per ton". There is no bulky item, large item or mattress line anywhere on the schedule. The only route to an off-schedule collection it publishes is "Hourly rate for special requests $145 per hour or $2.42 per minute". The company's own service description sets the city boundary of the franchise: it "provides service to the City of Tillamook and certain areas of Tillamook County", from Juno Hill to the north and Green Timber road to the south, the summit of Hwy 6 to the east and Oceanside, Netarts and Cape Lookout State Park to the west, from 2303 11th St, Tillamook. Source Not confirmed: No price is published for collecting a mattress in Tillamook, and the rate sheet does not say whether one can be collected at all. Not confirmed: Whether the $145 per hour special-request rate is the price of a bulky collection, or something else, is not stated.
• City Sanitary Service's published Terms and Conditions of Service carry the two Tillamook rules that decide a mattress. On size: "Bulky items cannot exceed (6) feet in length and the diameter must be less than (3) feet to be picked up with regular garbage service. Please call ahead to make special arrangements. Additional fees may apply. Roll-off open top drop boxes are available to rent for large cleanups, remodels, or tear downs in 13-, 20- & 30- yard sizes." Heavy waste "must be under the weight limit of 50 pounds", and a technician "can leave behind items that are over the weight limit or could damage the truck". On the company's own yard: "A recycle center is available at our 2303 11th St. location in Tillamook for free. However, the City of Tillamook does not allow our site to be a drop-off location for trash." Other terms: trash must be bagged and placed in a 32-gallon can or CSS cart, customer-owned cans are limited to 32 gallons and 50 pounds, receptacles must be available by 4:30 a.m., and there can be a fee to return if the can was not out. Curbside commingled recycling "should never include glass, food debris, or include plastics not accepted by the Tillamook County Transfer Station". Source Not confirmed: The six-foot length and three-foot diameter limit governs what goes with regular garbage service; the terms say to call ahead for special arrangements but do not say what those arrangements cost or whether a mattress qualifies for them.
• The Tillamook city code explains why no mattress price is published. Chapter 50 is the city's Solid Waste Management and Franchise Ordinance, adopted under ORS 459A.085. Section 50.07(A) provides: "Only rates and rate adjustments for service shall be established by the City Council after not less than one public hearing by City Council. Rates and rate adjustments shall be by resolution. No ordinance amendment is required. A copy of the current Resolution R060324 is incorporated herein by reference as if set out in full herein." But § 50.09(B)(4) then says: "The city is not a party to the contract between franchisee and any person receiving collection services... The franchisee solely determines rates and fees for services provided by the franchisee that are not regulated by this subchapter. Services not regulated by this subchapter are not subject to the franchise fee." So anything absent from the adopted schedule — which is where a Tillamook mattress collection sits — is priced by the hauler alone, with no council cap. Franchises granted under the subchapter "shall be exclusive, unless otherwise expressed" (§ 50.09), for a term of up to ten consecutive years, and § 50.02(B) provides that "no person shall provide or offer to provide solid waste collection service for profit within the city franchise area". Source Not confirmed: The text of the adopted rate schedule the code incorporates (Resolution R060324 of June 3, 2024, and any resolution superseding it) is not published on the city's own site, so whether the council's own schedule prices a mattress collection could not be established.
• Tillamook's Garbage Collection sections set the rest of the local rules. § 50.42, Bundles; weight limit: "Unless special service or special equipment is provided by the collector for handling unconfined waste, materials such as rubbish and refuse, brush, leaves, tree cuttings and other debris for manual pickup and collection shall be in securely tied bundles or in boxes, sacks or other receptacles; and solid waste so bundled shall not exceed 60 pounds in weight. The above-described unconfined waste shall not be mixed with garbage." § 50.41 requires garbage to be kept in sturdy, watertight, rodent- and insect-proof containers with tightly fitting lids, conforming in capacity and weight to state limits. § 50.46 confines collection to "between the hours of 4:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on collection days". § 50.43 requires a permit for hauling demolition and construction waste, issued by the City Recorder for $25. § 50.99(C) sets the penalty: "Violation of any provision of §§ 50.40 through 50.46 is punishable by a fine not to exceed $100, or by imprisonment not to exceed 30 days, or by both", while a violation of the franchise sections §§ 50.01 through 50.13 carries "a fine up to $250 per offense or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six months, or by both". Source

• 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