How to get rid of a mattress in Longview, 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.

• Longview publishes the administrative regulation behind its collections, which is where the set-out windows and the fee schedule actually live (Sanitation Collection Administrative Regulations, updated 06-01-2020). Section IX confirms the allowance: 'Each residential Sanitation address is provided with four (4) bulky item collections per rolling twelve (12) month period as part of the basic service. Collection is limited to no more than eight (8) cubic yards per collection. If bulky items remain following the collection of the eight (8) cubic yards by the Sanitation Division, the remaining bulky items must be removed from the curb until another collection is scheduled.' Set-out for bulky items is tight: 'No bulky items shall be placed curbside before the day prior to collection.' The brush-versus-bulk rule is explicit - 'Customers must separate limbs and brush from other bulky items' - and brush 'must not be longer than ten (10) feet and more than 24 inches in diameter'. IX(6) is the trap worth knowing: 'By placing bulky items at the curb the customer has authorized Sanitation to pick up items. This will count towards the 4 annual free collections. If there are no free collections available the collection fee will be charged to the customer's monthly Sanitation bill.' The fee list in IX(9) includes 'Mattresses and appliances - $20 per item' alongside unbagged garbage, cross ties, construction-demolition waste, concrete, pallets, ceramic tile, sheetrock, landscape timbers and treated lumber. IX(10) lists what cannot be collected at all, free or paid: liquids, hazardous materials, tires, anything containing or having contained refrigerant, dirt, rock or sand, and roofing material. Regular carts go out 'no earlier than 6:00 p.m. the day before the collection is scheduled and no later than 7:30 a.m. on the day of collection', must be within four feet of the edge of the roadway where there is no curb, must not sit in ditch lines, and need four feet of clearance on each side. Scheduling is 'by filling out a form online, sending a CitySend request or by calling Sanitation at 903-237-1250'. Source Not confirmed: The regulation is dated 06-01-2020; the $20 mattress figure matches the current website, but the other figures in it have not been re-confirmed against a current fee ordinance Not confirmed: No penalty amount or ordinance citation for a set-out violation appears in the regulation Not confirmed: No wrapping or bagging requirement for mattresses appears anywhere in the regulation
• Longview is large enough to be expected to run a landfill and does not: the city says so plainly. 'The City of Longview does not operate a landfill. The Pine Hill Landfill, located south of Longview near Hwy 31 and FM 1252, is operated by Republic Services. To contact Republic Services, call 800-678-7274.' The city publishes the site's hours - Monday-Thursday 7am-5pm, Friday 7am-4pm, Saturday 8am-11am - and confirms that a discount exists for city customers without publishing its value: 'City of Longview residents with sanitation service can receive a discount at the Pine Hill Landfill. To find out the current discount amount, contact Republic Services. The discount does not apply to commercial waste.' Restrictions listed by the city: tires cannot be disposed of unless split, quartered or shredded; oil and oil filters are not accepted; refrigerators, A/C units and other CFC appliances are not accepted unless a certified person has removed the refrigerant and a certification letter accompanies the unit; lead-acid batteries are not accepted; and 'By law, all loads must be tarped when transporting to prevent spillage on highways.' Mattresses are not excluded. Source Not confirmed: No street address for Pine Hill Landfill is published on the city page - only 'south of Longview near Hwy 31 and FM 1252' Not confirmed: No gate rate, per-ton rate or per-mattress rate is published, and the city page directs the reader to phone Republic Services for the resident discount amount, so there is no published price for a self-haul mattress Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named at Pine Hill either as accepted or excluded Not confirmed: The city runs a Compost Site, but it takes yard waste only and is not a mattress route
• There is no mattress recycling in Longview, and the city's own wording says where a mattress actually goes. The bulky item page charges '$20 collection fee for mattresses and appliances due to increased landfill rates' - the fee exists because the material is landfilled, not recycled. The city's recycling program is a separate cart service for containers and paper, and the city does not operate a landfill or a recycling facility that handles mattresses. No dedicated mattress recycler, manufacturer take-back or collection site serving Longview or Gregg County was established. Texas has no state mattress recycling program: the Mattress Recycling Council's own site states 'We currently provide resources, education and support for programs in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island', and Texas is not among them. Source Not confirmed: Commercial 'mattress disposal in Longview' listings appear in directories, but none publishes a street address together with a mattress price or stated policy on its own site, so none meets the standard for listing

• 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