How to get rid of a mattress in Birdsboro, PA.

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.

• Birdsboro runs no trash collection at all, and says so in its own words. Asked "How do I schedule trash pick-ups?", the Borough answers: "The borough does not provide for trash pick-up." Residents arrange it themselves — "Each resident contracts on an individual basis with the contractor of their choice." So there is no municipal bulk allowance, no Borough bulk tag and no Borough mattress rule in Birdsboro: whatever a household pays to move a mattress is whatever its own hauler charges, and the terms are that hauler's. Recycling is the opposite case and is the one service the Borough does arrange: "Yes, recycling is mandatory in the Borough of Birdsboro", collected under a Borough-contracted service, currently Hollenbaugh, and "Recyclables are picked up on Wednesday mornings." Replacement recycling cans are sold at Borough Hall during business hours for $18.25. Mattresses are not part of the recycling program. Source Not confirmed: Because each household contracts separately, no bulk item allowance, mattress rule or price applies Borough-wide, and none could be established Not confirmed: The Borough publishes no list of the haulers licensed or permitted to collect in Birdsboro, so which contractors a resident may choose between is not established
• The Borough-contracted recycling service in Birdsboro is run by Hollenbaugh, reachable at 814-643-6950 or 610-562-7986, and collects on Wednesdays, with residents asked to "place recyclables at the curb Tuesday evening". When a holiday falls on a Wednesday the Borough says "If a holiday falls ON Wednesday, recyclables will be collected on Thursday." Containers must be marked as recycling, and the Borough sells green recycle cans at Borough Hall for $12. Yard waste is handled separately, by resident drop-off at 300A Armorcast Road, with branches limited to no more than 6 inches in diameter and 4 feet long, and the Borough states that for yard waste "Bags containing trash/refuse are not acceptable." Nothing in the recycling program covers a mattress, a box spring or any bulk item. Source Not confirmed: The yard waste drop-off at 300A Armorcast Road takes vegetative waste only; the Borough publishes no hours, eligibility rule or fee for it Not confirmed: The Borough runs no drop-off that accepts a mattress, and names none
• Not an option: Birdsboro residents get a free disposal day at the landfill on their doorstep, and a mattress is the item it refuses by name. Pioneer Crossing Landfill, 304 S Center Rd, Birdsboro, PA 19508, ran a "Free Fall Clean Up!" on "Saturday, October 31, 2026 - Disposal only, No collection", described on the flyer as "A community benefit for residents of Birdsboro Borough, plus Robeson and Union Townships, provided by Pioneer Crossing Landfill." It ran from 7 AM until 11 AM, and residents had to bring their own load: "You must transport the clean-up items to the landfill." The flyer sets out what the day was for and what it was not: "This community clean-up day is not for normal household trash. That trash is collected weekly by the residents' trash hauler. This service is for clean-up items that are not included in normal weekly trash collection such as washers, dryers, refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, (Items that contain freon must be certified empty) water heaters, stoves and other appliances, and for large household items such as sofas, chairs, tables, bureaus, bed frames, and other bulky items, no mattresses." A bed frame was accepted; the mattress on it was not. Eligibility was narrow and checked: "This benefit is for individuals who reside in Robeson and Union Townships and Birdsboro Borough only. ID such as a driver's license will be required. It is not for businesses, industries or waste haulers." The entrance is on Route 345, a quarter mile south of Route 422, and the phone number given is 610-582-2900. A reader who finds this event advertised again in a later year should expect the same exclusion unless the flyer for that year says otherwise. Source Not confirmed: The flyer covers a single day and the landfill publishes no ordinary public drop-off hours, gate rate or mattress price on it, so what Pioneer Crossing charges a resident for a mattress on a normal day is not established Not confirmed: Whether the clean-up day is repeated annually, and whether a future flyer would carry the same exclusion of mattresses, is not stated

• 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