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How to get rid of a mattress in Allentown, PA.
6 local options.
Compare mattress pickup, recycling, and disposal options—with costs, conditions, and sources below.
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Lehigh County, Pennsylvania · 28 options, 8 free · checked Sep 22, 2026
Researched from each provider's own pages and approved for publication by Tim Sumerfield, who has worked in mattress recycling for over a decade. How we check these listings
6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Allentown
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Allentown (our Allentown mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout AllentownBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in AllentownBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Allentown1 place that takes mattresses, nearest 14 miles awayFrom $65
- 4Junk removal options serving Allentown4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Allentown20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Allentown2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Lehigh County · Pennsylvania rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Allentown
Use our Allentown mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Allentown. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Allentown division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.
From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Allentown
Allentown’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
City of Allentown weekly bulk item collection
Allentown properties on the city's twice-weekly trash collection; landlords must pass the rules on to their tenants
Conditions and source
One bulk item (furniture, mattress, carpeting, etc.) per week, set out only on the second collection night for Wednesday, Thursday or Friday night zones, between 5pm and 10pm, in front of the resident's own property; alternatively 40 pounds maximum of contained construction material; no appointment described
Not confirmed: The trash-limits sheet does not state whether the weekly bulk item carries a fee beyond the regular trash service
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteHabitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley ReStore donation pickup
Donors who live in Lehigh or Northampton County
Conditions and source
Free scheduled pickup booked through the ReStore's online donation form; mattress and box spring are listed bedroom furniture items; the form requires contact details, item details, photographs of the items and a preferred date from the available calendar; help scheduling by phone at 610-776-7499
Not confirmed: The scheduler does not publish a written condition standard for mattresses beyond the driver's discretion to refuse items in poor condition
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley ReStore: schedule a donation pickup
Fee not published
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Allentown
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Allentown. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Cheapest
Bethlehem Landfill public self-haul drop-off
Accepts household and construction waste from Northampton, Lehigh, Bucks, Berks and Montgomery counties
Conditions and source
Priced per vehicle, not per item: car $65, SUV or minivan $90, pick-up truck or single-axle trailer $120, box truck or double-axle trailer $120/ton. MasterCard, Visa or Discover debit/credit only, no cash. Vehicle registration required; vehicle under 17,000 lbs and trailer under 10,000 lbs; open vehicles must be securely tarped or a $25 fee is added; no open-toe shoes and no children. Public drop-off hours Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and Sat 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., closed six holidays. The landfill does not accept hazardous waste, electronics, yard waste, tires, latex paint or concrete.
- $65 — car load
- $90 — SUV or minivan load
- $120 — pick-up truck or single-axle trailer load
- Plus $25 — surcharge: open vehicle not securely tarped
Not confirmed: No per-mattress price; a single mattress in a car costs the full $65 vehicle rate
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
$65
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Allentown
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.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteThe other 1 companies
The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Allentown
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Allentown
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 Lehigh County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Allentown and its neighbors.
- Lehigh County runs no collection and owns no disposal site. Its Solid Waste Management page describes a coordinating office and nothing more: "The Lehigh County Office of General Services currently handles issues related to solid waste and recycling for our residents by assisting municipal recycling coordinators with developing their individual recycling programs and as such, also serves as the Lehigh County Office of Solid Waste Management." Its duties are the "County Recycling Coordinator" role required by Pennsylvania Act 101 of 1988, keeping the county in compliance with the Lehigh County Solid Waste Management Plan and filing the state's annual recycling report. The page gives a hotline, 610-782-3073, and points residents to their own municipality for everything else. There is no county bulky-item program, no county landfill or transfer station, and no county mattress rule to quote. Collection in Lehigh County is arranged by each of its municipalities with its contracted hauler; Allentown runs its own, which belongs on the Allentown page rather than here. Source Not confirmed: The county publishes no bulky-waste guidance and no list of disposal sites its residents may use, so there is no county fee or eligibility rule to record
- Lehigh County does publish one genuinely county-wide eligibility rule, and it is worth knowing before anyone drives to a drop-off. On its Municipal Recycling Programs page, which indexes all 25 municipalities in the county, the county states: "NOTE: Recycling Drop-off centers in Allentown and Bethlehem are available for use by any resident of Lehigh County. All other drop-off centers are available ONLY for residents of the municipality where they are located." So in a county of small boroughs and townships, exactly two drop-off centers are open to the whole county and every other one turns away anybody from the next borough over. The page is an index of municipal recycling programs; it describes no county-run site and names no bulky item. Source Not confirmed: The rule covers recycling drop-off centers only; the county does not say whether any site in the county takes a mattress
- Following that rule to the site it points at ends the search rather than answering it. Of the two drop-offs the county opens to every Lehigh County resident, the Allentown one is the Recycling Drop-off Center at 1400 Martin Luther King Drive, which the county's own page describes as "Open to everyone: 24 hours, 7 days per week". Its accepted list is itemized and entirely recyclables — cans, foil, scrap metal, glass, newspaper, office and mixed paper, junk mail, magazines, books, phone books, paper bags, paperboard, cardboard, plastics, textiles and cartons. Textiles are taken; mattresses, box springs, bedding and furniture are not on the list. Allentown's second site, its yard waste site, is marked for Allentown residents only and takes grass, leaves, brush and Christmas trees. So the one unrestricted, county-wide drop-off in Lehigh County is not a bulky-waste route, and there is no county-layer place to take a bed. Allentown's own curbside and bulk collection is a city matter and is already covered on the Allentown page. Source Not confirmed: The accepted list for the county-wide drop-off center itemizes materials down to cartons and textiles and names no mattress — an absence from a detailed list, not a published refusal
- What Lehigh County does run itself is an occasional household hazardous waste event, and nothing else. Its Household Hazardous Waste page says "The next Lehigh County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event will be held in the fall of 2027!", so there is no county event to attend before then, and the page otherwise offers the recycling hotline, 610-782-3073, for alternatives and for "contact information for commercial entities who collect these items for a fee". The county holds no electronics events at all — its Electronic Waste page states plainly that "Lehigh County does not hold Electronics Recycling events" and refers residents to the free Reworld and Goodwill Keystone Area take-back at Goodwill's stores and donation centers, and to their own municipality. A chemicals event scheduled a year out and a store take-back for televisions are the whole of the county's own collection program; neither has any bearing on a mattress. Source Not confirmed: The county runs no collection event that accepts bulky household items, so no mattress fee or eligibility rule exists at the county layer
Pennsylvania mattress disposal rules
- Operator location page gives 219 Street Road, West Grove PA 19390; DEP permit 101069 directory gives 261 Street Road. Preserve both; no automatic address overwrite or branch merge. Source
- Seven facility cards distinguish YCRRC/Small Load Drop-Off at 2651 Blackbridge Road from management at 2700, recycling at 2685 Blackthorne Court, ash site, recreation and sanitary landfill. Operator ZIP 17406 differs from DEP YCRRC ZIP 17402. Source
- No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on PA DEP pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
- PA DEP County Recycling Coordinators directory (select county) for local drop-offs and events; RecycleSearch for material-specific facilities; DEP Recycling Hotline 800-346-4242. DEP says bulky items go through your refuse hauler, or your county recycling coordinator if you have none. Source
Questions people ask about Allentown
Is there free mattress disposal in Allentown?
Yes: Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal; Purple In-Home Setup with mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Allentown?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Pennsylvania?
Operator location page gives 219 Street Road, West Grove PA 19390; DEP permit 101069 directory gives 261 Street Road. Preserve both; no automatic address overwrite or branch merge.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.