How to get rid of a mattress in Jarrell, 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 Jarrell Code of Ordinances Article 12.05, Solid Waste Hauling Franchise Regulations (Ordinance 2016-9-27G, adopted September 27, 2016), establishes that the city does not collect household waste itself and instead franchises private haulers to do it. Section 12.05.001(c) makes it 'unlawful for any person to use a public way, road, alley, or other right-of-way for the purpose of collecting, hauling and transporting solid waste located within the authorized area without a franchise from the city, duly passed by the city council', and equally unlawful 'to charge or collect any toll or fee for any services furnished or supplied for the purpose of collecting, hauling and transporting solid waste located within the authorized area, except under such a franchise'; a violator 'shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00)', with each continuing day a separate offense. Section 12.05.002(a) grants an executing hauler 'the nonexclusive right and franchise to use the public way' for a five-year term, and 12.05.002(d)(1) states that 'Nothing in this article shall ever be held or construed to confer upon the grantee exclusive rights or privileges of any nature whatsoever' and that the city may permit other persons to use its public ways for collecting solid waste. Section 12.05.002(c) adds that the franchise 'does not grant the grantee any right to use the public way for the purpose of placing, locating or maintaining containers for the collection of solid waste'. The franchise fee is four percent of the grantee's gross revenues (12.05.003(a)). The article sets no rates for residents, no bulky-item allowance and no collection schedule: those are matters between the resident and whichever franchised hauler they subscribe to. Source Not confirmed: The article does not name the haulers that currently hold a Jarrell franchise, and the city publishes no list of franchisees. Not confirmed: No resident rate, bulky-item allowance, mattress rule or collection day is set anywhere in the article.
• City of Jarrell Code of Ordinances, Chapter 7 (Health and Sanitation) table of contents: the chapter contains only Article 7.01 General Provisions (Reserved), Article 7.02 Food Establishments (a single section adopting county regulations) and Article 7.03 Garbage, Weeds, Junk and Unsanitary Conditions. There is no article establishing a municipal garbage collection service, no bulky-waste or large-item article, and no schedule of sanitation rates anywhere in the chapter; the code's only solid-waste service provision is the hauling franchise article at 12.05. The city's Utilities department page covers water and wastewater services, billing, payment and water conservation only, and names no trash, recycling or bulk collection service. Source Not confirmed: An absence in the code's table of contents is evidence that the city has not adopted a collection service, not proof that no unpublished arrangement exists.
• City of Jarrell Code of Ordinances Article 7.03, which 'may be referred to as the city's "clean lot ordinance"' (Ordinance 2012-5-15B, adopted May 15, 2012; amended by Ordinance 2016-4-26C, April 26, 2016), sets the local rules that govern a discarded mattress left outside. Section 7.03.005 defines 'trash' as 'Animal carcasses, brush, garbage, debris, junk, offal, refuse, rubbish, and, as herein defined, including any household trash, yard trash (grass clippings, leaves, etc.) or construction trash', and 'rubbish' as 'Waste not capable of decay from a public or private establishment or residence'. Section 7.03.006 makes it 'unlawful for any person to dump, place, deposit, or throw, or otherwise dispose of any trash of any kind on public or private property', and a violation 'shall constitute a trespass on said property when committed against or upon any public property or property owned or occupied by another person'; the listed violations include 'The throwing, placing, dumping or depositing of any garbage or refuse of any kind on or in any gutter, street, sidewalk, parkway, driveway, curb, alley, or any other public property of the city, or on any private lot, vacant or occupied, [or] other private property.' Section 7.03.009(2) makes it a public nuisance to keep, store or accumulate 'rubbish, including newspapers, abandoned vehicles, refrigerators, stoves, furniture, tires, and cans, on premises in a neighborhood or within 300 feet of a public street for 10 days or more, unless the rubbish or object is completely enclosed in a building or is not visible from a public street.' Section 7.03.014 requires seven days' notice to correct before the city acts, with annual notice permitted after a first notice; 7.03.015 lets the city abate the condition, charge the owner and file 'a privileged lien on such lot, tract, or parcel of land, second only to tax liens and liens for street improvements' with interest at ten percent per year. Section 7.03.016(b) provides that a violator 'shall, upon conviction, be fined a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) per occurrence', each day a distinct and separate offense, and 7.03.016(c)(2) allows a civil penalty 'up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) a day' after notice. Source Not confirmed: The article does not name a mattress specifically; it reaches one through the definitions of trash and trash and through the 'furniture' example in section 7.03.009(2). Not confirmed: The code sets no set-out window or wrapping requirement for waste awaiting collection, because the city runs no collection of its own.
• Cool Water Municipal Utility District, Jarrell TX — Water, Wastewater, Trash and Recycling page. Much of the Jarrell area is served by municipal utility districts rather than by the city, and this district's own page is the arrangement in its own words: 'The Sonterra M.U.D. provides water and wastewater services to the residents of Cool Water MUD', managed by Crossroads Utility Services (512-246-1400), and under the heading 'Trash and Recycling' the whole entry reads 'Al Clawson Disposal, Inc. provides Solid Waste services: https://www.clawsondisposal.com/ Phone: 512-930-5490'. The district publishes no collection day, no rate, no bulky-item allowance and no mattress rule, and no bulk or clean-up event. Source Not confirmed: The district publishes no rate card, bulky-item allowance or mattress policy for the Al Clawson Disposal service, so none is recorded. Not confirmed: Al Clawson Disposal's own residential page publishes no prices and names no mattress policy, so its service is not listed. Not confirmed: Which parts of the city of Jarrell fall inside this district, and which other districts serve the rest, is not established.
• Not an option: Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County ReStore, 2108 N Austin Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626 (512-863-4344), the nearest Habitat ReStore to Jarrell, re-checked for a mattress. Its donation guidelines list 'Mattresses' among the items the ReStore does not accept, along with headboards and bed frames, and separately exclude 'Furniture with soiled, stained, or ripped fabric'. The ReStore also states that 'All donations must be new or gently used. ReStore staff and authorized volunteers may decline any item that does not meet our quality, safety, or resale standards.' A Jarrell resident should not drive a mattress to Georgetown expecting the ReStore to take it. Source Not confirmed: The guidelines list mattresses but do not separately name box springs. Not confirmed: No charity or thrift shop inside Jarrell itself publishes a donation policy, so none was found to check.

• 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