How to get rid of a mattress in Carlisle, 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.

• Carlisle has decided to stop contracting its trash collection out and to run it with borough crews, and has set the changeover for January 1, 2028, which is why the Waste Connections contract now in force runs only to 2027. The borough states that "The Borough's plans to bring solid waste and recycling operations in-house continue, and the program is on track to begin January 1, 2028", and that "The program remains fully on schedule to begin on January 1, 2028." The timeline to date is the borough's own: a Solid Waste Municipalization Subcommittee was formed in 2025, a first analysis went to Borough Council in July 2025, a resident survey launched in September 2025, and "Borough Council adopted a Resolution of Intent to begin the transition to an in-house solid waste and recycling system in December 2025." At its August 2026 meeting "Carlisle Borough Council approved the purchase of five new rear-loader garbage trucks (three 27-yard units and two 20-yard units)." The design will change how residents set trash out: "The program, as designed, requires that all customers use standardized, rear-loader compatible trash and recycling containers", against an estimate of 12,000 containers, and the borough "is negotiating with its current provider to retain the existing curbside recycling containers." For disposal the borough has talked to the Penn Waste Materials Recovery Facility about recycling and has "scheduled an on-site meeting with the Cumberland County Landfill" about trash, with formal contract negotiations expected to begin in 2027. The borough gives Act 101 as the reason it must run a program at all: Carlisle, like "all municipalities with populations exceeding 10,000", is "legally required to establish and maintain a recycling program." Source Not confirmed: No bulk item rule, allowance or fee has been published for the in-house program that is to begin January 1, 2028, so nothing is recorded for it as a service. Whether the six-foot length cap and the weekly one-item allowance survive the changeover 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