How to get rid of a mattress in Celina, 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.

• Celina's garbage ordinance sets the set-out window and the penalty. Under § 13.02.003, "Trash and rubbish containers shall not be placed at the point of collection before 7:00 p.m. prior to the designated day of collection and any trash or rubbish containers shall be removed from the point of collection by 10:00 p.m. on the day of collection and stored behind the front building line of the residence." Bulk gets a far longer window than the carts: "Bulk trash items eligible for pick up shall be placed at the curb no earlier than seven (7) days prior to the scheduled pickup date." Breaking either rule is punished: "Any person violating any of the provisions of subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section shall be deemed guilty of a class C misdemeanor upon conviction and shall be fined... in a sum not to exceed $500.00 for each offense, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues." Section 13.02.007 adds that "The placing of garbage, trash, rubbish or any article, thing or material in any street or alley within the city limits is prohibited." Section 13.02.005 leaves heavy items to the resident: "Brick, broken concrete, lumber, dirt, automobile frames, discarded automobile tires, dead trees, tree limbs and other bulky materials shall be disposed of by the owner." Source Not confirmed: The ordinance predates the current CWD contract and does not mention mattresses or wrapping Not confirmed: The code has no apartment- or HOA-specific bulky waste rule
• Not an option: The nearest Habitat ReStore, Habitat Collin County ReStore in McKinney, will not take a mattress from a Celina household. Its own donation-pickup system offers free collection — "We offer a free pick up service for residents living in our service area and for items that you cannot transport yourself" — to donors who confirm "Do you live in Collin County, TX?", but the Mattresses and Box spring entries in its furniture list are refusal buttons carrying the message "We do NOT accept box springs or mattresses", and the Bedroom set entry warns "We do not accept mattresses or box springs". Futons are refused separately: "We do NOT accept futons or futon mattresses". The ReStore takes the rest of a bedroom — the trip is only wasted for the mattress itself. Source

• 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