How to get rid of a mattress in South Ogden, 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.

• South Ogden City names two self-haul destinations for its residents and publishes the price of each, and one of them is not the county station the rest of these towns point at. The city's garbage page says that "Residents can deliver household garbage to either the Weber Transfer Station (Weber County Solid Waste Management) or the Ogden Transfer Station." For the Ogden Transfer Station it gives 3027 Midland Drive, Ogden, Utah 84401, hours of Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., closed Sunday, and "Local Residential services: Up to 800 lbs = $20 | >800 lbs = $50/ton." For the Weber County Transfer Station it gives 867 West Wilson Lane, Ogden, Utah 84401, hours of Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday, and "Local Residential services: $27 minimum fee per vehicle plus $35.50/ton." Both entries add that construction and demolition debris is not included and that other fees may apply. Source Not confirmed: The Ogden Transfer Station's own operator page could not be read, so its rates, hours and terms are recorded only as South Ogden City publishes them and are not confirmed at source. Not confirmed: Whether the Ogden Transfer Station requires proof of Ogden City residency for the quoted residential rate, and so whether a South Ogden resident gets it, is not established. Not confirmed: Neither entry states a per-mattress charge; the Weber County rate sheet's separate per-mattress fee is not reproduced on South Ogden's page.
• South Ogden makes city collection compulsory and bills for it whether or not it is used, and provides no route for anything larger than a can. South Ogden City Code 4-3-1, amended by Ordinance 24-09 on September 3, 2024, provides that "The owners, agents, and occupants of all properties within the City, shall have its trash, or recyclable materials if that service is provided by the City, removed by the City or the City's contracted service provider," with an exception only for commercial or multi-family buildings that require a dumpster, and that those owners and occupants "shall be billed for the removal of trash and/or recyclable materials, whether or not they choose to use the trash or recycle services provided by the City." Fees are set by the city council in the consolidated fee schedule, and unpaid utility bills may lead to water being shut off. Code 4-3-2 defines GARBAGE as kitchen and food waste only and lists the recyclables accepted, and requires recycling receptacles to be "of the ninety six (96) gallon automated cart type." The city's own page confirms that "South Ogden contracts with Republic Services for garbage service," with garbage weekly and recycling every other week on the same day, containers out by 6 a.m. and set 3 to 4 feet apart; residents call 801-622-2700 for a damaged can or to learn their collection day. Source Not confirmed: Neither the code nor the city page creates a bulky-item or large-item pickup, sets an allowance, or names a fee for one. Not confirmed: A mattress is not named anywhere in South Ogden's garbage chapter or on its garbage page, as accepted or excluded.
• South Ogden's junk ordinance governs how long a discarded item may sit outside before it becomes a citable condition, which is the rule that bites when a mattress is put at the curb with no collection coming. South Ogden City Code 4-2-1 defines "REFUSE, DEBRIS, GARBAGE, JUNK (Collectively Referred To Throughout This Chapter As JUNK)" to include "spent, useless, worthless or discarded materials" among other things. Code 4-2-2-2(A)(1) makes it "unlawful for any owner, occupant, agent or lessee of real property within the city, to allow, cause or permit the following material or objects to be in or upon any yard, garden, lawn, or outdoor premises of such property: junked, wrecked, dismantled, inoperative, discarded or abandoned vehicles; and refuse, debris, garbage, weeds and junk, as defined herein, or cause or permit the same to be in or upon any parking space, alley or sidewalk adjoining such yard, lot or piece of property within the city, except when the same is temporarily deposited for removal." The same section repeats the prohibition for the park strip and sidewalk area between the property line and the curb, again "except when the same is temporarily deposited for removal." Abatement runs through Code 4-3-5: an enforcement officer serves written notice and gives the owner a period to cure that "shall not be over ten (10) days from service of such notice," extendable for good cause, after which the city may remove the item and bill the owner, with unpaid costs placed on the county tax roll as a lien. Source Not confirmed: The code does not define how long "temporarily deposited for removal" allows an item to stay at the curb.

• 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