How to get rid of a mattress in Kennedale, 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.

• Kennedale runs the one mattress-specific collection found in this group of nine cities. The city's "Bring It! Free Community Cleanup" page, presented by Keep Kennedale Beautiful, lists collection stations by material and gives beds a station of their own: under the heading "Mattresses — Sponsored by JAWS - Junk and Waste Solutions" the accepted item is "bed mattresses". The other stations are "Paint, Chemicals, and Grease — Sponsored by the Fort Worth Crud Cruiser" (paint, painting supplies, cooking oil, batteries, lightbulbs, automotive fluids including antifreeze and used oil, lawn/pool treatments, cleaners, insecticides); "Paper — Sponsored by Action Shred" (personal documents, magazines, mail, no newspaper); "Electronics — Sponsored by DFW Reclaimers" (computers, printers, keyboards, wall chargers, kitchen electronics, televisions, game consoles, speakers and entertainment equipment, with "A disposal fee ($1.00 / inch) for tube TVs and CRT monitors"); and "Clothing and Shoes — FUMC Mission Store at 229 W. 4th Street" (gently used clothing and shoes). Eligibility: "Proof of Kennedale residency is required via a current water bill or driver's license. Only household residential items will be accepted. No commercial waste or trailers are allowed. The event ends when containers are full." Not accepted: "ammunition, explosives; butane/propane cylinders; commercial/medical chemicals and/or waste; freon appliances (refrigerators, freezers, window units); hazardous/regulated material (asbestos, PCB transformers or caulking, lead paint, mercury thermostats, radioactive items); commercial, semi, or farm equipment tires, or any rims; newspapers or everyday household garbage". The page's purpose line is "Help Keep Kennedale Beautiful by keeping hazardous household waste and reusable items out of the landfill." Inquiries: 817-985-2170 or Lori Stevenson, Public Works, 150 N Little School Road. Source Not confirmed: The page publishes no date for the event and the city's calendar carried no Bring It entry when checked on September 24, 2026, so when the next mattress drop-off falls is not established from a city source Not confirmed: The page publishes no street address for the event site Not confirmed: The page does not say what JAWS does with the mattresses it collects, so whether they are recycled or landfilled is not established
• Not an option: Kennedale's standing drop-off arrangement will not take a mattress. The city's Trash and Recycling page covers only the Tarrant County Environmental Collection Center Program: "The TCECCP provides safe disposal of household hazardous waste and chemicals. The TCECCP is for residential waste disposal and recycling only." "Proof of residency (current water bill or valid Driver's License) is required. Kennedale residents MUST obtain a voucher prior to using the center." The center is at 6400 Bridge Street, Fort Worth, TX 76112, 817-392-1234, open "11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday; and 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Saturday", with vouchers from Community Development, 405 Municipal Drive, 817-985-2135. What it takes is chemicals only: "Acids, aerosol cans, antifreeze, batteries of all kinds, brake fluid, cleansers, cooking oils, craft chemicals, degreasers, drain cleaner, fertilizer, fluorescent light bulbs, herbicides, household chemicals, motor oil, paints, stains, thinners, pest strips, pesticides, pharmaceuticals, photo chemicals, pool chemicals, oil filters, solvents, transmission fluid, varnish and mercury thermometers." What it refuses: "Ammunition, appliances, asbestos, brush, tires, building materials, butane cylinders, computers, electronics, explosives, waste containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), propane cylinders, radioactive material, smoke alarms, syringes and tubing, televisions or tires." A mattress is neither a listed chemical nor within the center's stated remit of household hazardous waste, and the city offers no other year-round drop-off. Source Not confirmed: The page contradicts itself on price: it states "Effective October 1st, 2023, the City of Fort Worth's has put in place new rates for customer drop-offs at the Tarrant County Environmental Collection Center. The cost is now $90.00 per visit. To keep costs low for Kennedale residents, The City of Kennedale will continue cover the majority of this cost, at $50.00, with remaining $40.00 due at the time of purchase and pick-up of the voucher by customers", and then answers "What does it cost to use the center? It is free to Kennedale residents, but you MUST obtain a voucher first" Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named in the refusal list; the conclusion that a bed cannot go there rests on the center's stated household-hazardous-waste remit and its exclusion of appliances, brush and building materials
• Kennedale has also run a separate Bulky Trash & Brush Drop-Off at a landfill, and that event's own listing names beds explicitly. The city's calendar entry for Saturday, October 19, 2019, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM, at the "Waste Connections C&D Landfill, 4144 Dick Price Road, Fort Worth, TX 76140", reads: "RESIDENCY REQUIRED: MUST PRESENT WATER BILL AND DRIVER'S LICENSE. BULK: bulky trash and brush; construction debris; and furniture and mattresses. DO NOT bring household garbage. During this event, Kennedale residents can drop off bulky trash or brush at no cost." Tires were charged separately: "Passenger or Mower Tire: $2.00; With Rim: $4.00; Semi Tire: $8.00; With Rim: $13.00; Tractor Tire: $8.00". "NOTE: Hazardous waste (including appliances that use Freon) will NOT be accepted." Contact was 817-985-2170. This is a dated event that has passed; it is recorded because it establishes that Kennedale's clean-up events have taken mattresses free of charge from residents and where they have been held. Source Not confirmed: The event is dated October 19, 2019 and has long passed; the city publishes no later Bulky Trash & Brush Drop-Off date Not confirmed: Whether Waste Connections C&D Landfill on Dick Price Road accepts a mattress from a Kennedale resident outside a city event, and at what price, is not established

• 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