How to get rid of a mattress in Princeton, 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.

• Community Waste Disposal's Princeton residential brochure sets out what the monthly bulk run will and will not take. Bulky Waste - Acceptable: "Toys and Yard Tools Tagged as 'Bulk Item'", "Furniture", "Bundled Carpet in 4-foot Lengths", "Fence Panels No Larger than 4'x6'", "Washing Machines, Dryers, Water Heaters and Kitchen Appliances", and "Refrigerators/Freezers (Must be tagged certifying removal of refrigerants)". Bulky Waste - Prohibited: "Single Items Weighing More than 150 Pounds", "Commercial Remodeling/Construction Debris", "Household Hazardous Waste", "Tires, Batteries, and Propane Tanks", and "Loose Debris (Debris must be placed in a box or other container no larger than 2'x2'x4' and weighing no more than 50 pounds.)". The brochure repeats the four cubic yard limit, glossing it as "1 cubic yard is equivalent to 1 washing machine", and says CWD hosts an X-treme Green Event once a year in the city for household hazardous waste, tires, electronics and metal goods, with on-site document shredding. A mattress is named on neither list. Source Not confirmed: The hauler's own brochure names no mattress in either the acceptable or the prohibited list for Princeton Not confirmed: No date is given for the annual X-treme Green Event in this brochure
• Not an option: Habitat Collin County ReStore in McKinney, the nearest ReStore to Princeton, collects donations free across the county — "We offer a free pick up service for residents living in our service area and for items that you cannot transport yourself", gated on "Do you live in Collin County, TX?" — but refuses mattresses. The Mattresses and Box spring entries in its donation item list are refusal buttons reading "We do NOT accept box springs or mattresses", the Bedroom set entry notes "We do not accept mattresses or box springs", and futons are refused separately: "We do NOT accept futons or futon mattresses". Source

• 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