How to get rid of a mattress in Media, 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.

• Media Borough's ordinance, not just its website, sets the bulk trash price and the curbside window. Chapter 241 is cited as the 'Media Borough Refuse Storage, Collection and Disposal Ordinance of 1996, as amended.' Section 241-22G, amended February 18, 2010 by Ordinance No. 1071, reads: 'Each residential unit shall be entitled to one free heavy trash pickup per calendar year. Additional heavy trash pickups are subject to a fee of $30 per pickup. Each pickup is limited to five items, with no more than two large appliances. Additional large appliances will be subject to an additional fee of $15 per large appliance. Any appliance containing freon shall be subject to an additional fee of $15 per appliance.' Section 241-22H sets an unusually exact set-out window: 'Refuse shall not be placed at collection points earlier than 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to scheduled collection. Empty refuse containers or recycling containers shall be removed from the collection points prior to 9:00 p.m. on the day of collection. In no event shall Borough disposal bags or recycling containers remain at curbside for more than 27 hours.' Collection is a Borough monopoly: § 241-14A says 'The municipal collection service shall be the sole collecting service for residential and small-commercial rubbish and garbage,' and § 241-22E makes it 'unlawful for any person to deposit for collection any refuse or heavy trash item not produced at the address from which collection is made or to bring any refuse or heavy trash into the Borough or from one address to another in the Borough for the purpose of taking advantage of the collection service.' Improper set-out can be refused and tagged: under § 241-22B 'Collection personnel may refuse to collect improperly prepared material and may give notice of such by affixing a tag to the container or material citing the violation.' Section 241-19 limits how long an item may wait: 'Bulky waste shall not be stored outside of a building or accessory building on any land in the Borough, except for a period not exceeding 14 days pending collection and disposal.' Source Not confirmed: The penalty article, § 241-31, was not read, so the fine for a set-out or dumping violation in Media is not established.

• 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