2026 LOCAL GUIDE
How to get rid of a mattress in Castle Shannon, PA.
6 local options.
Compare mattress pickup, recycling, and disposal options—with costs, conditions, and sources below.
See all 6 local optionsAllegheny County, Pennsylvania · 28 options, 8 free · checked Nov 6, 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 Castle Shannon
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Castle Shannon (our Castle Shannon mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recyclingBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in Castle ShannonBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Castle Shannon2 places that take mattresses, nearest 6 miles awayFrom $105
- 4Junk removal options serving Castle Shannon4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Castle Shannon20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Castle Shannon2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Castle Shannon rules · Allegheny County · Pennsylvania rules · common questions · what to check first
2City curbside pickup in Castle Shannon
Castle Shannon’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.
Castle Shannon Borough contracted automated collection (Waste Management) - two bulk items per residence, bulk week only, nothing outside it
Residential, three units or fewer in practice: the borough's own FAQ states that "If you are in an apartment building with 4 or more units, the building owner must arrange for trash collection separate from the Borough", so a tenant in a five-unit building has no borough bulk pickup to use and the two-items-a-month allowance is not theirs. All other households received carts in early 2024 under the borough's contract with Waste Management. A resident physically unable to carry waste to the curb may apply for backdoor service, which "has a fee of $40 per month" and requires "a doctor's note stating that you are physically unable to carry your trash or recycling to your normal pickup point" sent to the borough offices, after which the borough and Waste Management "assess your property and find the best place for you to leave your trash and recycling."
Conditions and source
The bulk window is the whole point, and the borough closed it in 2024. "Two Bulk Items per residence will be collected at the end of each month as indicated on the schedule", with the warning that "Bulk collection is not always on the last week of the month - please check the schedule for correct dates." Then the closure: "Beginning in April of 2024 no bulk items will be picked up outside of the Bulk Pickup Week each month. Each household is limited to two items for Bulk Pickup." And the shape test that decides what qualifies: "Please note, no bags or boxes of items will be taken during Bulk Pickup, only large items that do not fit in the trash bins are accepted." That is a size test rather than an item list - a mattress plainly does not fit a 96-gallon cart - but the borough never names a mattress, in either direction. A third item means a separate arrangement at a price the borough does not state: "An additional Bulk Pickup can be scheduled by the resident, at an additional price, directly with Waste Management", reachable at 1-800-866-4460. Carts: "Each household will have received one 96-gallon green cart with a green lid for trash collection and one 64-gallon blue cart with a blue lid for recycling", in 96, 64 or 35 gallon sizes, with a different size or a second cart "at cost to the resident" and a cart damaged by a collection truck repaired or replaced at no cost. An old can the automated system replaced may itself go out at bulk pickup - "the whole can is for pickup and Waste Management will take and dispose of them." The borough publishes two different curbside times and never reconciles them: its Solid Waste & Recycling page says "Garbage and recycling containers must only be placed at the curb after 4 p.m. the day before collection", while its Ordinances page says "Garbage containers may not be placed at curbside before 6:00 P.M. the evening before pickup. They must be brought back from the curb by midnight the day of pick up." Refusals are state-law refusals and are printed: "State laws prohibit the collection the following items: televisions, paint, oil, petroleum products, batteries, appliances containing of CFCs (Freon), chemicals, engine or car parts, electronics, and hazardous or infectious wastes", and "Please note tires cannot be collected and televisions must be properly recycled." A weekday holiday pushes the rest of that week's service back a day; a weekend holiday does not. Recycling is every other week, single stream, glass accepted, must be in the Waste Management container and never in plastic bags. A missed pickup is reported to Waste Management at 1-800-866-4460; cart sizes are changed through the borough offices at 412-885-9200. The borough's littering rule is broad enough to reach a dumped bulky item: "Littering is not allowed. Litter includes weeds, unlicensed and inoperable vehicles, metal and building materials." The borough office is at 3310 McRoberts Road, Castle Shannon, PA 15234, open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Not confirmed: No amount is published for the "additional price" of a third bulk pickup; the resident arranges it directly with Waste Management.
Not confirmed: No fee and no statement of free is published for the two monthly bulk items, so no price can be recorded in either direction.
Not confirmed: A mattress is not named by the borough. It is not on the state-law refusal list and not on any accepted list; the only test given is "only large items that do not fit in the trash bins are accepted."
Not confirmed: The borough does not say whether a mattress and a box spring count as one of the two monthly items or two.
Not confirmed: No wrapping, bagging or plastic-sealing rule is published for a mattress or any bulk item.
Not confirmed: No size, length or weight cap is published for a bulk item beyond the requirement that it not fit in the cart.
Not confirmed: The two published curbside times - after 4 p.m. and not before 6:00 P.M. the evening before - disagree by two hours, and only the ordinance page gives a deadline for bringing the cart back in.
Not confirmed: The text of Ordinance #745, the Castle Shannon Solid Waste Ordinance, is not published on the borough's site, so its bulk-item, preparation and penalty provisions are not established; the borough's Ordinance Document Archive page returned no document list, and Resolution #741, the 2024 fee schedule, is a scanned PDF with no extractable text.
Not confirmed: Bulk collection dates appear only on the annual Waste Management calendar PDF as a twelve-month grid, with no dates written out in text.
Not confirmed: The FAQ does not say whether $40-a-month backdoor service covers a bulk item or only the two carts it names, nor whether an old can put out at bulk pickup counts against the two-item allowance.
Not confirmed: The FAQ does not say what a tenant in a building of four or more units should do with a bulk item.
From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 6, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Solid Waste & Recycling Collection - Castle Shannon Borough
Waste Management Automated Trash System FAQ's - Castle Shannon Borough
Fee not published
Visit site3Drop-off options near Castle Shannon
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Castle Shannon. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Nearest
Off the Floor Pittsburgh box spring and bed frame donation drop-off
Open donors dropping off at the North Side warehouse; pickups may instead be requested through the organization's online form
Conditions and source
Box springs in all sizes except king are accepted, along with bed frames, bed linens, futons and other household furniture in new or gently used condition; used mattresses have not been accepted since January 1, 2024; items that are ripped, worn, stained, missing parts or damaged, and upholstered items exposed to pets, are refused; warehouse open Monday-Friday 9am-3pm, closed weekends
Not confirmed: No drop-off fee or pickup fee is published.
Not confirmed: No pickup service area is published.
Not confirmed: Used mattresses are refused, so this is a box-spring-only route.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteCheapest
ABC-EZ Containers transfer station self-haul drop-off (mattresses and box springs carry a $30 fee each on top of the load minimum)
Open to the public with no residency rule published. The station's own page invites "Roofers, Contractors, Homeowners, Builders, Hauling Companies, General Public". The Allegheny County Health Department's Recycling Resource Directory lists it as one of four transfer stations in Allegheny County.
Conditions and source
Indoor drive-in transfer station in McKees Rocks. Disposal is priced at "$105.00 a ton" with a "Minimum charge per load $105.00", and the station adds a mattress charge on top: "For all dumpsters and transfer station, all box springs and mattresses will require a $30 fee for each one" — so a mattress and its box spring are $30.00 each. The station takes tires, wood, cement, metal, drywall, glass, brick, stone, large household appliances, HVAC material, plumbing fixtures and all other construction material. It refuses TVs, computers, copiers, fax machines, oils, paints, liquids or chemicals of any kind, propane tanks and fluorescent tubes, and "No Known Hazardous Waste, Asbestos, Radioactive Material, Hospital Waste". The company's own page publishes no hours; the county's Recycling Resource Directory, revised June 9, 2025, gives them as Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 4:45 pm.
- $105 — minimum charge per load at the transfer station; disposal above the minimum is $105.00 a ton
- Plus $30 — surcharge for each mattress and each box spring, charged on top of the $105.00 load minimum
Not confirmed: The page does not say whether material taken in here is landfilled or recycled, so the fate of a mattress is not established
Not confirmed: Hours come from the county directory rather than from the operator's own page
From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 5, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
ABC-EZ Containers — Dumpster Rental and Transfer Station pricing
$105
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4Junk removal options serving Castle Shannon
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
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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 Castle Shannon
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 Castle Shannon
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 Castle Shannon itself says
What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.
- Castle Shannon publishes a second, different curbside window on its ordinance page, and a reader who follows the waste page alone will not see it. Under "Common Ordinances", the borough states: "Garbage Pick up - Garbage containers may not be placed at curbside before 6:00 P.M. the evening before pickup. They must be brought back from the curb by midnight the day of pick up." The borough's Solid Waste & Recycling page gives a different and earlier hour for the same act - "Garbage and recycling containers must only be placed at the curb after 4 p.m. the day before collection" - so the borough's two published rules disagree by two hours, and the ordinance page adds a deadline for bringing the cart back in that the waste page does not mention at all. The same list carries the recycling container rule - "Recycling - materials must be placed in approved containers" - and a littering definition broad enough to catch a dumped bulky item: "Littering is not allowed. Litter includes weeds, unlicensed and inoperable vehicles, metal and building materials." The borough's Solid Waste Ordinance is numbered 745 and its Recycling Ordinance 746, both amended and restated after a 2024 public hearing at the Municipal Center, 3310 McRoberts Road; neither full text is posted. What the borough does post in full is Ordinance #875 Regulating the Placement of Waste Dumpsters, Ordinance #914 Quality of Life, Ordinance #917 Regulations and Requirements for Rental Property, and Resolution #741, the 2024 fee schedule. The posted 2024 fee schedule is a scanned document with no text layer and no refuse or bulk line could be read from it. Source Not confirmed: The borough publishes two different curbside times for garbage containers - 6:00 P.M. the evening before on the ordinance page, and after 4 p.m. the day before on the waste page - and neither page acknowledges the other. Not confirmed: The text of Ordinance #745, the Castle Shannon Solid Waste Ordinance, is not published on the borough's site. Its bulk-item, preparation and penalty provisions are therefore not established, and the borough's Ordinance Document Archive page returned no document list. Not confirmed: The text of Ordinance #746, the Castle Shannon Recycling Ordinance, is likewise not published, though Ordinance #938 on recycling collection is. Not confirmed: Resolution #741, the 2024 fee schedule, is posted only as a scanned PDF with no extractable text, so whether it sets a refuse or bulk-item fee is not established. Not confirmed: The illegal-dumping penalty amount is not established; the littering entry in the Common Ordinances list carries no fine figure and Ordinance #914 Quality of Life was not read.
What Allegheny County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Castle Shannon and its neighbors.
- Allegheny County runs no trash or bulky-item collection of its own. The county's role in solid waste sits entirely with the Allegheny County Health Department, which describes itself as a regulator rather than an operator: its Solid Waste program "monitors municipal landfills, compost sites, and solid waste vehicles" for compliance, investigates complaints about odors, dust and illegal dumps, oversees about 40 facilities, and inspects roughly 400 solid waste vehicles a year. The page offers no county collection route, no county drop-off site and no mattress rule, and it says of the county's disposal capacity only that "The landfills in Allegheny County accept waste not only from County residences and businesses" — those landfills are privately operated, not county-run. With about 130 municipalities in the county, collection is arranged borough by borough and township by township with their own haulers. The City of Pittsburgh runs its own Department of Public Works collection, and the county page does not describe it; that is a city-level answer and belongs on the Pittsburgh page, not here. Source Not confirmed: The Health Department page names no fee, no residency rule and no mattress policy, because the county operates no collection or disposal service to attach them to
- The nearest thing Allegheny County publishes to a disposal answer is the Allegheny County Health Department's Recycling Resource Directory, revised June 9, 2025, which names every municipal waste landfill and transfer station in the county. Under "LANDFILLS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY — MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILLS" it lists four: Allied Waste Imperial Landfill, 11 Boggs Road, Imperial, PA 15126 (Findlay Township); Kelly Run Landfill, Kelly Run Sanitation, Inc., 1500 Hayden Boulevard, Elizabeth, PA 15037 (Forward Township); Monroeville Landfill, United Waste Systems, Inc., 600 Thomas Street, Monroeville, PA 15146; and USA South Hills Landfill, 3100 Hill Road, Library, PA 15129 (South Park Township). Under "TRANSFER STATIONS IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY" it lists four: ABC-EZ Containers, 1000 Island Avenue, McKees Rocks, PA 15136, Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 4:45 pm; Boyd Roll-Off Services, 1107 Thompson Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136, Monday through Saturday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Michael Brothers, 5331 McAnulty Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15236, Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 1:00 pm; and Reserve Park Recycling, 408 Hoffman Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, Monday through Friday 7:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday 7:00 am to 1:00 pm, of which the directory says "Accept construction and demolition debris. Glass accepted certain days/times. Call for Hours and Pricing." All eight are privately operated; the county owns none of them. The directory's own material index is itemized down to packing peanuts, pallets, phone books and polystyrene packaging, and it carries no entry for mattresses, bedding or furniture — the closest headings are "Appliances, used", "Building materials" and "Scrap metals". Its absence from that list is a gap in county guidance, not a statement that mattresses are refused anywhere. Source Not confirmed: The directory publishes no gate rate, minimum charge or mattress fee for any of the four landfills or four transfer stations Not confirmed: It does not say which of them accept self-haul loads from households rather than from haulers and contractors only Not confirmed: It carries no mattress, bedding or furniture entry anywhere in its material index
- The only county-wide collections an Allegheny County resident can bring anything to are the Hard to Recycle and Household Chemical events the Pennsylvania Resources Council runs with the Allegheny County Health Department and Allegheny County Parks as sponsors, and neither takes a mattress. Six of the seven 2026 Hard to Recycle dates were in Allegheny County: May 9 at the Pittsburgh Shrine Center in Harmar Township, August 1 at McKeesport Area High School, August 22 at the Boyce Park Ski Lodge, September 26 at the Settlers Cabin Wave Pool, October 17 at Buncher Commerce Park in Leetsdale, and October 31 at the PPG and Pittsburgh Penguins Melody Tent Lot C near downtown Pittsburgh. The fee schedule is itemized to the dollar — $2 per 4-foot light tube, $5 per printer, $5 per microwave, $6 per car tire with no rim, $10 per small Freon appliance, $20 per computer monitor, $35 per television, $45 per projection or console television — on top of a "$5 fee per car charged for UNLIMITED DISPOSAL" of batteries, bulbs, cables, computer equipment, copiers, scanners, DVD players, phones, servers, shredders, Styrofoam blocks, toasters, blenders and video game consoles. Mattresses, box springs, bedding and furniture appear nowhere on either list. These are drive-through events for electronics, tires, foam and chemicals; they are not a bulky-waste route, and nothing on the page suggests a mattress would be taken. Source Not confirmed: The itemized accepted list and fee schedule name no mattress, box spring or furniture — an absence from an exhaustive list, not a published refusal Not confirmed: The page states no residency requirement, so whether attendance is limited to residents of the host county is not established
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 Castle Shannon
Is there free mattress disposal in Castle Shannon?
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 Castle Shannon?
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.