How to get rid of a mattress in Josephine, 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.

• Josephine runs its own paid drop-off, unusually for a town this size, but not at a published street address. "City dumpsters maintained at the sewer plant are available for use by city residents at a non-prorated charge, as follows: (a) Pickup truck or car - $30 (b) Trailers up to 16' in length - $60 (c) Trailers over 16' in length - $150". "Residents must call City Hall to schedule an appointment for use of the dumpsters at least 24 hours in advance. Dumpsters can only be used Monday - Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The charge will be added to your account once the appointment is scheduled. No batteries, building materials, paint, tires or appliances may be disposed of in a city dumpster." City Hall is at 201 S. Main St., Josephine, TX 75173, (972) 843-8282. The city's own events calendar also shows a "Free City Wide Clean Up" on Sunday, September 27, 2026. Source Not confirmed: The city publishes no street address for the sewer plant where the dumpsters stand, so the drop-off cannot be listed as a facility Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named in the dumpster exclusions, but nor are they named as accepted Not confirmed: The city-wide clean-up calendar entry gives a date only, with no location, hours or accepted-item list

• 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