How to get rid of a mattress in Gladewater, 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 Gladewater Sanitation Information: 'The City of Gladewater has contracted with Republic Services (formally Olympic/Allied Waste) (903) 986-5324 to dispose of waste inside the city limits of Gladewater.' 'Pick-ups are once per week. Republic Services is required to pick up no more than 9 bags/cans on the first pick-up of the month and all bags/cans on the second pick-up. Citizens are required to use an authorized Republic Services garbage container(s) and place them at the curb before 7:30 a.m. on the day of pick-up. Handicap pick-up service is available. The fee for this mandatory service is included with your monthly water bill.' 'All trash must be in container – NO LOOSE TRASH or bags will be picked up!' No collection on New Year's Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day. The page publishes no curbside bulky-item or large-item collection of any kind: the only routes it offers a resident for a large object are the twice-yearly City-Wide Clean-Up Days and self-haul to Pine Hill Landfill. Source Not confirmed: Gladewater publishes no curbside bulky-item collection and no fee for one; whether Republic will take a mattress on request, and at what price, is not stated anywhere on the city site. Not confirmed: Mattresses and box springs are named nowhere on the page. Not confirmed: The city's solid waste ordinance itself was not located on a city page; the rules above are the city's published sanitation page rather than the code. Not confirmed: Nothing mattress-specific was found for Gladewater — no recycler, no take-back, and Texas runs no statewide mattress program.
• Gladewater's only city-run route for a bulky object is a dated twice-yearly event. The city's sanitation page: 'Twice a year, the City of Gladewater sponsors a "City-Wide Clean-Up Day". This traditionally is done one Saturday in April then again in October. Dumpsters are positioned by the railroad track beside E Commerce Street. Residents must show proof of city residence when dumping.' The dumpsters are for 'No loose garbage, Bulky waste only'. Not allowed: dirt, rock, sand; glass or tires; construction materials; concrete; pallets; ceramic; tile; sheet rock; roofing materials; 'Any materials resulting from contractual work or commercially related activities'; hazardous materials; paint; batteries; motor oil; and refrigerant-containing items unless 'tagged by a certified technician to be free of CFC's'. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named in the accepted or excluded lists for the clean-up dumpsters; they are neither listed as bulky waste nor barred. Not confirmed: The city gives no exact dates, only 'one Saturday in April then again in October', and no street address for the dumpster location beyond 'by the railroad track beside E Commerce Street'.

• 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