How to get rid of a mattress in Roy, UT.

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.

• Roy's own code names bedding as collectable trash and then caps the curbside route at a size no mattress meets. RMC 4-2-1 defines RUBBISH as "Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding, crockery and similar materials." RMC 4-2-2(F), the only route the code gives for anything that will not fit a can, says that "In the event rubbish is of such nature that it cannot be placed in approved containers, it shall be placed in bundles or disposable containers having no outside dimension of more than four feet (4') and shall be placed for collection as provided in this section," and adds that "No bundle, container or other item shall weigh in excess of fifty (50) pounds." A twin mattress is 75 inches long and a queen or king 80 inches, so every mattress is over the four-foot limit, and a mattress runs 50 to 100 pounds, so most are over the weight limit too. RMC 4-2-6(A) makes it unlawful for a customer to use any container other than an approved one. Set-out rules: containers go out no earlier than 7:00 P.M. the day before collection and must be back off the curb by 7:00 P.M. on collection day. RMC 4-2-8 makes a violation of the chapter a class C misdemeanor "punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred ninety nine dollars ($299.00)." Source Not confirmed: The code sets no bulky-item or special pickup and no fee for one, and does not say what a resident should do with an item that exceeds the four-foot and fifty-pound bundle limits. Not confirmed: Whether the contracted hauler will take an oversize item by separate arrangement, and at what price, is not published anywhere on the city's site.
• Roy City stages its own dumpsters at Public Works for four weeks a year, open to Roy residents only. The 2026 dates are April 13 through April 18, May 11 through May 16, September 28 through October 3, and October 19 through October 24, with hours of "Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m." and "Saturday: 8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.", closed on Sunday. The rules are that "Residents must sign in and produce proof of residency. Dumpsters are for Roy City residents use only. No business or commercial contractors are to use this service. Violators will be cited and prosecuted!"; that "Toxic, hazardous or flammable materials should not be placed in dumpsters. No tires or batteries, etc."; and that "No concrete, bricks or rocks will be accepted." Metal and glass dumpsters are available year-round during business hours, and the page says "Special arrangements can be made for elderly or disabled persons." The same page locates the Public Works Administration building at 2626 W 5525 S in Roy and gives 801-774-1090 for questions about the dumpsters. Source Not confirmed: The page states no charge for using the dumpsters and does not say the service is free, so no price is recorded. Not confirmed: A mattress appears nowhere on the page, neither accepted nor excluded; the short exclusion list is not an itemized list of everything accepted, so whether a mattress may go in is not established. Not confirmed: The page does not give a street address for the dumpster staging area itself, only for the Public Works Administration building where the RV dump stations sit.
• Roy City's garbage and recycling page covers weekly garbage and every-other-week recycling on the same day, with collection running Monday through Thursday and Friday used only for the listed holidays. No garbage is collected on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Pioneer Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day or Christmas Day, and the page notes that the Weber Transfer Center is also closed on Pioneer Day. Residents call 801-774-1000 and ask for the Utilities Department to replace a broken can. The page describes no bulky-item, large-item or special pickup of any kind. Roy's code identifies the hauler: RMC 8-5-1, adopted by Ordinance 1056 on July 1, 2013, sets up a voluntary opt-out curbside recycling program and prices it off "Rates charged by Waste Management to Roy City and then passed onto the citizens," with a resident opt-out window each June. Source Not confirmed: The city's current garbage page does not name the hauler; the Waste Management reference comes from a 2013 ordinance and the current contract was not confirmed on a city or hauler page. Not confirmed: The can rates in RMC 8-5-1 are the 2013 figures tied to participation levels and are not a current rate card.

• Residential form displays $18 per mattress or box spring, versus $20 on local-drop-off page. It allows exact-change cash during business hours but also says all payments must be online. Receiving instructions name the fenced area behind door 2; no form submitted. Source
• Sandy at 8813 S 700 W uses north public entrance, Mon-Sat 7am-5pm. Since July 1 2026 every mattress/box spring costs $15 in addition to disposal. Commercial vehicles require authorization, account and RFID; maximum combined length 46 feet. Card/account only and full tarp/security required. Source
• Shared FAQ still says first three mattress pieces included in base fee. Current branch pages explicitly limit that allowance to South Jordan landfill and charge every piece at Sandy from July 1 2026. Source
• Recycle IT LLC homepage lists 3528 W 500 S Suite 5, Salt Lake City UT 84104 and 801-630-2020. Wasatch referral describes a Layton facility. Source
• No statewide mattress stewardship program or landfill ban found on Utah DEQ pages as of 2026-09-22; mattress disposal is handled by local governments. Source
• Utah DEQ points residents to the Utah Recycling & Waste Facility Map at recycle.utah.gov (mobile ArcGIS version also linked). Source