How to get rid of a mattress in The Colony, 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.

• The City of The Colony's printed Residential Trash and Recycling brochure repeats the bulk rules and confirms the omission. Its accepted bulk list is "furniture, appliances, water heaters, BBQ grills, fence panels cut in half, carpet/carpet pads, lawn mowers and extra bags of trash", with wooden items and carpet cut to four feet or less, cabinets and hot tubs cut in half, Freon removed by a certified technician, appliances drained, and "Bulk waste is limited to four cubic yards, equivalent to the size of four washing machines. Place items in your normal collection area." Its unaccepted list is "household hazardous waste liquids of any kind, large metal objects, large amounts of debris/construction materials (tile, flooring, roofing, long dimensional lumber, concrete, rocks, gravel), tires, TVs, electronics of any kind, steel or fence posts." Mattresses are absent from both lists in the brochure as well as in the FAQ, so the omission is consistent across the city's own publications rather than an oversight on one page. The brochure repeats the 7 a.m. set-out and confirms bulk collection is delayed a day by Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses remain unnamed in the city's bulk guidance

• 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