How to get rid of a mattress in Umatilla, 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.

• Umatilla's own utilities page sets out the city's arrangement, which matters because the county franchise stops at the city line. The city provides garbage service through a franchise agreement with Sanitary Disposal, and publishes the monthly residential refuse rates: one 35-gallon cart collected once a week is $18.52 a month, one 90-gallon cart once a week is $30.81 a month. The page also offers "Free passes to the Sanitary Disposal transfer station ... to customers in good standing to dispose of leaves, lawn, and grass clippings", obtained from City Hall. No bulky or large-item service appears on the page. Source Not confirmed: No bulky or large-item pickup is published, and no charge for one Not confirmed: Mattresses are not mentioned Not confirmed: The free transfer station pass names only leaves, lawn and grass clippings; the page does not say what else it may be used for
• Umatilla's recycling program page names "Sanitary Disposal Inc., the city's sold waste franchisee", which picks up recycling every other week. Residential customers pay $8.00 a month for a 95-gallon cart taking metal, cardboard, paper and plastic; "Having recycling carts and paying for the service will be mandatory." Carts were delivered the week of June 21, 2026 and service started July 6, 2026. Glass is not collected at the curb and must go to the free recycling depot at Sixth Street and Yerxa Avenue. The page gives the franchisee's transfer station as 81144 N Hwy 395, Hermiston, OR 97838. Source Not confirmed: Neither bulky items nor mattresses are mentioned Not confirmed: No fee is published for the Hermiston transfer station
• Umatilla's code explains why the city's own arrangement is the whole answer here. Title 4 Chapter 2 grants an exclusive franchise, and § 4-2-8 shows how closely the city holds it: "The City shall do the billing and collecting of solid waste service fees and shall retain 16 percent of the gross collections in payment of five percent franchise fee and 11 percent for billing and collection service, and pay the balance to Sanitary Disposal, Inc." § 4-2-7 says rates "may be changed by resolution during the term of the franchise if approved by the City Council" and "Said rates shall be on file at the recorder's office for public inspection." § 4-2-11(C): "No unauthorized person shall remove solid waste placed out for collection and resource recovery." § 4-2-11(Q)(1): "No person shall burn, dump, bury, collect, remove or in any other manner dispose of solid waste upon any street, alley, public place or private property within the City except as provided in this chapter." § 4-2-16 PENALTIES: a violation is "fined not to exceed $250.00", with every day a separate offense. The nuisance chapter adds two rules that catch a mattress left outdoors: § 4-1-5-3 bars storing "junk" — which includes "other waste or discarded material" and any accumulation over three cubic yards — on a lot for more than 72 hours unless it is enclosed in a building or behind a sight-obscuring fence at least six feet high, and § 4-1-5-5 bars depositing trash on public or private property "Except at a city designated dump site". Source Not confirmed: The chapter creates no bulky-item service and names no mattress or bedding Not confirmed: The Council resolution setting current rates is on file at the recorder's office but is not published online

• 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