How to get rid of a mattress in Forest Hill, 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.

• The City of Forest Hill publishes almost nothing about waste collection. Its Residents page carries the whole of what the city says on the subject, under "Trash Pick-up": "The City of Forest Hill contracts with Waste Connections (formerly Progressive Waste Solutions/IESI) for trash and bulk pick-up at our homes and businesses. For schedules or if you have questions, call 817-222-2221. Currently, the city does not offer recycling services. Please remember that it's illegal to dump trash or any debris in garbage containers located on any City property." Billing is through the city's own Utility Billing Department: "Water and sewer services and garbage pick-up are billed through the City's Utility Billing Department. Call 817-568-3030 for assistance with your bill." City Hall is at 3219 California Parkway; Public Works is 817-531-5700; Code Compliance is 817-568-3011. There is no solid waste department page, no bulky waste page, no rate page and no accepted-items list anywhere on the city site; the city refers residents to the hauler's phone number for everything beyond this paragraph. Source Not confirmed: The city publishes no accepted-items list, no volume or weight limit, no set-out time, no booking route and no fee for bulk collection, so what a Forest Hill resident may put out is not established from any city source Not confirmed: Mattresses are named nowhere on the city site Not confirmed: The city runs no recycling service and names no drop-off, transfer station or landfill for residents
• The only bulk collection document the City of Forest Hill publishes is a one-page 2026 calendar PDF headed "WASTE CONNECTIONS — REGULAR & BULK TRASH — 817.222.2221". It divides the city into six zones by street name (Zone 1 includes Bisbee 29-33, Burleson, California Pkwy 30-33, Forest Hill Dr. 53-66, Hanger Park, Landmark, Mansfield Hwy 30-33, Wichita 53-65 and others; Zone 6 includes Alma, Ball, Boxwood, Briarwood, Magnolia, Parkwood, Trailwood, Twin Oaks, Wanda Ln, Woodview Ln and others) and then marks a month-by-month grid for the whole of 2026. In each grid, Zones 1, 2 and 3 fall on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of one week and Zones 4, 5 and 6 on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the following week, so each zone appears every two weeks, on a fixed weekday. Public holidays marked as affecting the schedule are New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day and its holiday, Labor Day, Veterans' Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas. The calendar carries no set-out time, no volume limit, no accepted or prohibited items list, and no statement of what separates "regular" from "bulk" on a zone's day. Source Not confirmed: The calendar does not distinguish regular trash from bulk trash, so whether a bulky item may be set out on any zone day or only some is not established Not confirmed: No set-out deadline, size limit or item list accompanies the calendar Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named
• City of Forest Hill Code of Ordinances, Article 12.04 SOLID WASTE (eCode360; amended by Ordinance 2026-04, adopted February 3, 2026). § 12.04.001 makes illegal dumping a city offense with a substantial fine: "It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally or knowingly discard, deposit or dispose, or allow or permit the discarding, depositing or disposal, of litter, garbage, trash, debris or other solid waste upon any public or private property which is not a solid waste disposal site or dumpster approved by the city or the state." It is likewise unlawful "to intentionally or knowingly fail to remove litter, garbage, trash, debris or other solid waste on real property which such person owns, occupies or is in control of within 48 hours after such litter... has been placed on such real property" unless the property is an approved disposal site. "Any person who violates any of the provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (d) of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500.00 nor more than $2,000.00, and a separate offense shall be deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues." "The owner of the real property is the primary responsible party." Enforcement is by "the city's code enforcement officer, code compliance officer, or peace officer". § 12.04.005 makes the city's collection service compulsory: "All residences, institutions and commercial establishments or units within the city shall be required to make use of the refuse collection, removal and disposal service offered by the city through the waste management franchisee", and it is a violation "to use a refuse or solid waste collection, removal or disposal service other than that offered by the city". § 12.04.006: "It shall be unlawful for any person to collect or remove solid waste within the city unless such person is an employee of the city or authorized contractor." § 12.04.009 prohibits scavenging: "It shall be unlawful for any person, other than an authorized employee of the city, and/or the contractor, to collect, take, remove, tamper with, interfere with, scavenge from, carry away or otherwise disturb garbage or trash which has been placed for collection." § 12.04.007 describes residential service only as covering "collection of solid waste stored in authorized private receptacles as stated herein and pickup of bundled yard waste or trash." § 12.04.002 removes the need to prove a culpable mental state for offenses fined at $500.00 or less. Source Not confirmed: Article 12.04 sets no set-out window, no limit on items and no bulky waste provision; it describes residential service only as receptacles plus bundled yard waste or trash, and does not mention bulky goods or mattresses at all Not confirmed: The article does not say whether a resident may haul their own waste to a landfill, only that they may not use another collection service

• 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