Mattress disposal in Tennessee (17 city guides)
The rules that apply across Tennessee, and a local guide for every city we have researched — each one listing the drop-off options, curbside pickup, junk removal and store haul-away for that place, with what they cost.
17 cities · 5 statewide rules
Tennessee mattress disposal rules
These apply anywhere in Tennessee. Each one links to the page it came from.
- No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on TDEC pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
- TDEC Materials Management page links a 'Where may I dispose of recycle items near me?' ArcGIS dashboard (arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/f7515b25ca29478a8adc6a9dc8c1f7c1); program supports 95 counties and solid waste planning regions. Source
- The ArcGIS dashboard TDEC links from its Materials Management page is titled "County Recycling Centers". Its correct address is arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/f7515b25ca29478a8adc6a9dc8c1f7c1 — this corrects the partially recorded id in st-tn-102 (the id f7515b25ca29478a8a1b9bd68a4bba51 returns "item cannot be found"). It is the statewide map residents use to find county recycling centers. Source
- TDEC's Waste Management Branch page lists the state's full set of solid waste programs — Solid Waste, Landfill Operators Certification, waste tire hauler, hazardous and medical waste, and Materials Management (Recovered Materials, grants, HHW, waste tires, organics, debris management, BOPAE household batteries/oil/paint/antifreeze/electronics). No mattress program, bulky-waste rule or disposal ban appears. The page also links the Solid Waste Dataviewer (dataviewers.tdec.tn.gov/dataviewers/f?p=19035:34001), which searches facility information, inspection reports, complaints and forms. It notes that, effective August 1, Materials Management moves into TDEC's Division of Stakeholder Engagement with programs and services continuing unchanged. Source
- Mattress Recycling Council's Program States page names exactly four program states — California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon. Tennessee is not among them, confirming there is no MRC-run mattress stewardship program or Bye Bye Mattress free drop-off network in Tennessee. Source
City guides in Tennessee
Pick your city for its own list of options, with addresses, fees and who is allowed to use them.
DAVIDSON COUNTY
Nashville
29 options SHELBY COUNTYMemphis
31 options KNOX COUNTYKnoxville
34 options HAMILTON COUNTYChattanooga
30 options MONTGOMERY COUNTYClarksville
26 options RUTHERFORD COUNTYMurfreesboro
29 options WILLIAMSON COUNTYFranklin
28 options WASHINGTON COUNTYJohnson City
30 options SUMNER COUNTYHendersonville
29 options RUTHERFORD COUNTYSmyrna
31 options SHELBY COUNTYBartlett
26 options SUMNER COUNTYGallatin
26 options WILSON COUNTYLebanon
26 options WILSON COUNTYMount Juliet
29 options BLOUNT COUNTYMaryville
26 options KNOX COUNTYFarragut
32 options DAVIDSON COUNTYGoodlettsville
30 optionsHow these guides are made
- Every listing is read off the provider's own page, dated, and approved for publication by a named person.
- Nothing is inferred: where a fee or a rule is not published, the page says so rather than guessing.