How to get rid of a mattress in DeSoto, 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 DeSoto Code of Ordinances, Article 13.800 Garbage, Trash and Refuse (Ordinance 2396-24 adopted 5/21/2024). Section 13.801 defines "Bulky Wastes" as "stoves, refrigerators (with all CFC and other refrigerants removed), water tanks, washing machines, furniture, and other similar items with weights and/or volumes greater than those allowed for the waste container supplied", excluding roofing shingles, metal pipes, concrete, bricks, pavers, cinder blocks, drywall, rocks, sand and dirt, which are construction debris to be removed separately. "Rubbish" is defined to include "paper, rags, cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, leaves, and similar materials". Under "Residential Collection" the code provides that "Residents will be allowed to dispose of up to three (3) cubic yards combined of bulk and bundled brush one time per week on the second collection day for a residential unit" and that "each residential unit can participate in on-demand bulk and unbundled brush service, up to 10 cubic yards, one (1) time per month", scheduled with the city's hauler and completed within five business days. Section 13.808 Curb Placement Time: "Residential refuse and recyclables shall not be placed at the curb before 6:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled collection day. To ensure collection, residential refuse and recyclables should be placed at the curb by 7:00 a.m. on the day of collection." Section 13.809: "All brush to be collected shall be placed between the curbline and the sidewalk and away from power lines." Section 13.813 Illegal Deposits and Accumulation makes it "unlawful for any person to place, deposit, or throw, or to permit to accumulate" garbage, brush, loose waste, manure or refuse of any kind on public or private property outside a building other than as this article allows, and declares "the throwing, placing, dumping, or depositing of any garbage, refuse, or animal or vegetable waste matter of any kind on or in any gutter, street, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, curb, alley, or any other public property of the city or in or on any lot, vacant or occupied, driveway or other private property in the city" to be a trespass "subject to penalties prescribed in this code". Section 13.802 and Section 13.817 make city collection mandatory: every residential, commercial and industrial unit "shall be required to use the city collection service and pay the applicable garbage collection fee", "The city shall be the sole provider of solid waste collection, including temporary roll-off open top construction containers, residential and multifamily recycling services", and it is unlawful to collect, remove or transport solid waste in the city without a city franchise, contract or permit. Section 13.815 fixes no rate in the code itself, leaving residential rates to council resolution and the solid waste contract. Source Not confirmed: The code's definition of bulky waste does not name mattresses; the city names them only in its FAQ, so the ordinance itself does not settle the point Not confirmed: The code still describes the on-demand monthly booking that the January 2026 quadrant calendar replaced, and has not been amended to match Not confirmed: The code sets no dollar amount for an illegal dumping penalty; it refers out to the general penalty provisions of the code, which were not read Not confirmed: No residential sanitation rate is published in the code

• 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