How to get rid of a mattress in Santa Clara, 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.

• Santa Clara's monthly fee is itemized in the ordinance, and bulky waste collection sits inside it rather than beside it. Section 13.12.080 establishes "a monthly residential waste collection and disposal fee for each residence or residential unit in City", made up of, for basic residential waste collection service, "The amount to be paid to Republic in the amount of six dollars and ninety cents ($6.90) per month per residence, which shall be subject to an annual increase of two and one-half percent (2.5%)", "The amount to be paid to the District for administrative costs and expenses in the amount of four dollars and fifty five cents ($4.55) per month per residence, which shall be subject to an annual increase of ten cents ($0.10)", and "Such amount as may be established from time to time by resolution of the City Council for administrative costs and expenses incurred by the City in billing and collection"; and, for residences receiving curbside recycling, a further "four dollars and ninety cents ($4.90) per month per residence, subject to an annual increase of two and one-half percent (2.5%)" plus "seventy five cents ($0.75) per month per residence for the cost of the recycling container". Because section 13.12.040 puts "collection of bulky waste" inside Basic Residential Waste Collection Service, the ordinance sets no separate charge for a bulky waste call. It does not state that a bulky waste call is free, either. Source Not confirmed: No separate price for a bulky waste collection appears anywhere in the Santa Clara City Code, and the code does not say the service is free. The escalators in section 13.12.080 mean the 2020 figures are no longer the amounts now charged.
• Santa Clara City publishes its current trash and recycling rates on its own Utilities page, which is more than its neighbors do. The page lists a Current Garbage Rate of $14.82 and a Recycling Rate of $6.66, and states that "Residential waste service includes up to 2 waste containers and 1 recycling container" in areas with curbside recycling, with "Additional containers are available for an additional service fee upon request" and no amount given for the extra container. Cans are ordered, repaired or replaced through Washington County Solid Waste at 435-673-2813, not through City Hall, whose main line is (435) 673-6712. Glass is handled separately from the curbside BluCan: glass "Should only be taken to the Binnies and not be placed in the BluCan container", and the City's recycling drop-off bins are at "Gubler Park – Southeast Corner Parking Lot". The page says nothing at all about bulky items, large items, dumpster days or a city cleanup. Source Not confirmed: Santa Clara's Utilities page does not say whether the rates shown are monthly, nor does it carry an effective date for the garbage and recycling rates.
• Santa Clara's penalty for leaving waste where it does not belong is the stiffest of the three towns, because it runs per day. Section 8.04.190.A of the Santa Clara City Code provides: "Any owner, occupant or person having an interest in the property subject to this chapter who shall fail to comply with the notice or order given pursuant to this chapter shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor for each offense and may be fined up to one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for each and every day such failure to comply continues beyond the date fixed for compliance." What triggers it is section 8.04.030.B.4, which makes a nuisance of "Allowing vegetable waste, garbage, litter, filth or refuse of any nature to accumulate within or upon any private alley, yard or area except when it is temporarily deposited for immediate removal" — the "temporarily deposited for immediate removal" clause being the exception that covers a bulky item waiting at the curb for its collection. Section 8.04.040 adds that the enumerated nuisances "shall be deemed in addition to and in no way a limitation of the nuisances subject to this chapter." The City need not go through abatement first: section 8.04.180 provides that "The commencement of criminal proceedings for the purpose of imposing penalties for violations of this chapter shall not be conditioned upon prior issuance or the granting to the defendant of an opportunity to abate or remove the nuisance." Where the City abates a nuisance itself, sections 8.04.160 and 8.04.170 let it recover the cost by lawsuit with attorney fees and interest, or by referring an itemized statement to the county treasurer for inclusion in the owner's tax notice. Source

• 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