How to get rid of a mattress in Bullard, TX.

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.

• City of Bullard Code of Ordinances, Chapter 26 (Solid Waste), current version March 30, 2026. § 26-22(a): 'The City's Solid Waste Contractor shall provide one 96 gallon polycart ("Cart") receptacle to each residential unit for curbside collection service for collection of residential refuse one time per week.' § 26-22(b): 'All loose trash accumulations shall be deposited in receptacles as specified in subsection (a) of this section, and set out for collection by the solid waste company contracted by the City on the scheduled day. No single item of trash shall exceed 35 pounds.' § 26-22(c): 'All persons are required to subscribe to the City contracted trash service that is picked up weekly.' § 26-24 sets the set-out time: garbage bags 'shall be placed inside the curb or drain ditch line of the street near the front property line of the premises by 7:00 a.m. on those days designated for residential collections.' § 26-26: 'Tree limbs and shrubbery shall be cut or broken into lengths and removed from the premises at least weekly and may be taken to Royal Oaks Landfill by residential customers.' § 26-27 puts construction refuse on the owner, to be removed within five days at the owner's expense. § 26-29 publishes the rate table: 'Residential garbage collection w/one polycart $18.84'; 'Residential garbage collection w/two polycarts (add $5.26 for each additional polycart) $24.10', with a further $0.90 city administration charge added for billing under § 26-30. § 26-25 makes it unlawful to tamper with or scatter the contents of containers in any city street, alley or easement. Separately, Chapter 10 § 10-74(c) makes it 'unlawful for any owner occupant, agent, or other person or entity in control of premises within the City Limits to allow rubbish, including newspapers, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, cans and appliances, trash, garbage, refuse, junk, or debris to collect upon such premises', declares it a public nuisance, and § 10-77 gives 15 days from notice before it becomes a misdemeanour with each day a separate offense. Source Not confirmed: The code never names mattresses, and its definitions of 'trash' and 'rubbish' do not obviously cover one; the bulky-item program that does name mattresses lives on the city's web page, not in Chapter 26. Not confirmed: Chapter 26 sets no bulky-item allowance or fee, so the $18.84 residential rate cannot be read as including or excluding a bulky pickup. Not confirmed: § 26-26 permits residential customers to take tree limbs and shrubbery to Royal Oaks Landfill; it does not say the same for household bulky items.

• Current homepage says drop-off is coming soon, whereas existing MRC card 42 lists commercial drop-off at 1915 Kramer Ln and open 24 hours. Do not rely on that old drop-off listing as current. Homepage offers indoor/curb pickup and states reuse, then recycling, then landfill as its routing preference. Source
• Operator lists Austin yard at 6546 Burnet Road, Austin TX 78757 and Manor yard at 20301 Hog Eye Rd, Manor TX 78653. Earlier national65 Duke’s listing uses 1602 Bench Mark Dr.; no move or branch-equivalence statement found. Preserve all addresses separately. Source
• No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on TCEQ pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
• TCEQ's Take Care of Texas (Mar 4, 2025) notes many mattress retailers offer pickup of old mattresses on new-mattress delivery, organizations such as Salvation Army and Habitat for Humanity may accept good-condition mattresses, and many cities/haulers offer bulk pickup or collection events. Source