How to get rid of a mattress in Millersville, TN.

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.

• Millersville, a city of about 6,400 straddling the Sumner and Robertson county line, took its collection in-house and kept the bulky part of it. Its Sanitation Division, also called the Solid Waste Department, "began operating in January of 2004 and provides Millersville with city wide residential garbage collection", replacing what the city describes as more than a dozen private collectors with a wide range of fees and schedules. The cart route itself is now contracted out: "Beginning November 1st, 2023, the contents of your household container will be collected by Stinky Pinky. The City has contracted with Stinky Pinky for this service." The bulky work stayed with the city: "City personnel will continue to collect a limited amount of bulk items, appliances and furniture, and a limited amount of tree and bush trimming waste." The published residential rates are a base curbside collection fee of $19.73 per month, a second container at $8.00 per month, off-road or back-door service at $8.00 per month, a one-time new account fee of $30.00 and a one-time second container setup fee of $30.00. Off-road service is free to elderly, handicapped or disabled residents with no household member able to roll the container to the street. The city states its bulk pickup fees as "Limited collection included in the base fee." City Hall is at 1246 Louisville Highway, Millersville, TN 37072, 615-859-0880. Source
• Millersville writes down exactly how much bulky collection the monthly fee buys, which almost no town does. Its Trash Policies and Procedures page says that what is picked up for the regular monthly fee includes, "Up to two times per year, per house, bulk items, such as a piece of furniture or other large household item that would otherwise not fit into the container. There is a limit, so plan ahead. The total annual bulk limit is 3 cubic yards, or about a medium size pick-up truck load, level with the fenders." It adds that "Exceeding that limit may result in additional charges or the materials may not be picked up", and that white goods and large metal objects may not count against the annual house limit when a recycling vendor is available. The city describes the program's purpose as help "with the disposal of an old TV, chair, that old freezer that stopped working, large toys, or other large items", and says it "is not an invitation to place multiple pieces of furniture at the road or to clean out years of debris from your home and property." The bulk truck is scheduled into each area of the city monthly, delays of several weeks can happen, and the city recommends calling City Hall before placing items at the road. What the monthly fee does not cover is also itemized: unbagged trash; excess trash from cleaning out garages, attics, basements, yards or rental move-out units, which "is NOT included. This material is not considered bulk item pick up"; and "Carpet, construction materials, tires, batteries, car parts, materials generated by a home occupation or business activity, etc." Tree limbs and yard debris go to the separate chipper service. Never to be placed in the container: dead animals, body wastes, hot ashes, rocks, construction materials, oil, gasoline, paint, corrosives, batteries, infectious and other hazardous materials. Source Not confirmed: Millersville names furniture and large household items as what the bulk allowance covers but does not name a mattress or box spring in either the included or the excluded list, so whether one counts against the two pickups and 3 cubic yards is not established. Not confirmed: The city says exceeding the annual bulk limit "may result in additional charges" and publishes no amount for them, so no over-limit price is established.

• 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