How to get rid of a mattress in Alexandria, VA.

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.

• City of Alexandria's Local Solid Waste Disposal Facilities page lists the Reworld Alexandria Waste-to-Energy Facility at 5301 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA (703.370.7722), open Monday-Friday 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 6 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., for "Alexandria residents ONLY" on production of a government ID or utility bill, "free of charge" for approved materials, with a "limit 500 pounds" per visit once weekly. "No household trash is accepted"; refrigerators, AC units and dehumidifiers are prohibited. The page also lists the Alexandria Waste Recovery Facility at 625 Burnside Place (703.823.5009) for "Resident dumping on Saturday only", and the Waste Management Northeast Transfer Station at 2100 Queens Chapel Rd. NE, Washington, DC. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses are not listed among the materials accepted at the Reworld Eisenhower Avenue facility, so free resident drop-off of a mattress there is unconfirmed. Not confirmed: The page publishes no fees or detailed hours for the 625 Burnside Place Waste Recovery Facility and does not say whether mattresses are accepted there. Not confirmed: No City page reviewed states a mattress drop-off price.
• The City of Alexandria Resource Recovery Division page lists the collection programs it runs for "Residents who currently receive City trash and recycling services": weekly curbside trash, curbside and drop-off recycling, yard waste, a "Schedule Bulky Yard Waste Pickup" request, a scheduled metal/appliance pickup where "Metal household appliances and large metal items such as outdoor grills, exercise equipment, and chain-link fencing can be recycled per request (fees apply)", leaf collection, curbside food-waste composting and mulch delivery. Requests go through Alex311 or 703.746.4311. Neither this page, the Refuse Collection page, the Guide to Services page nor the 2025 Digital Service Guide publishes a mattress-specific curbside bulk collection rule, limit or fee; the City's published bulk request channels cover bulky yard waste and metal/appliances only. Source Not confirmed: How an Alexandria resident is supposed to set out or book a mattress is not published on any City page reviewed; residents are referred to Alex311 by phone. Not confirmed: No fee for mattress collection is published. Not confirmed: The City Code's bulk-collection section (Title 5, Chapter 1) could not be retrieved during this review - municode returned no text and alexandria-va.elaws.us timed out - so the 75-pound container weight rule and the special collection of large items including mattresses remain unverified against a primary source.
• A Wider Circle, the largest furniture bank in the Washington DC region, accepts mattresses and box springs - they are named among its four most-requested items - provided they are "Gently-used, Clean & functional, No rips, stains, or damage, Apartment-sized". Drop-off is at the Ann & Don Brown Center for Community Service, 9159 Brookville Road, Silver Spring, MD 20910, open Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday 9-5 and Tuesday 9-4, closed Thursdays and Sundays. Donation pick-up is offered for a fee: $20 curbside or $50 in-home with at least two weeks' notice, with priority service under two weeks quoted at $250-$500 depending on the quantity of items. Source Not confirmed: The page does not publish the pick-up service area, so whether A Wider Circle collects from addresses in Alexandria (as opposed to Maryland and DC) is unconfirmed. Not confirmed: It does not say whether a mattress must be accompanied by a box spring or frame to be accepted.

• Governor vetoed HB 86 (2026 session), which would have created a mattress recycling program with a purchase fee; veto statement dated April 13, 2026 calls mandating all retailers join a single program and raise prices unworkable. No statewide mattress program in effect. Source
• Virginia DEQ operates no statewide item locator. Its Statewide Recycling Programs page tells residents "Your local government website or recycling coordinator is the best source for detailed information on recycling and special collection events" and, to find where to recycle hard-to-dispose items, to contact the Recycling Program Manager in their locality; it names the third-party Earth911 website as the universal resource. The only product-specific statewide program listed is Computer & Electronics Recycling under Virginia's Computer Recovery and Recycling Act. The page's list of common Virginia recyclables does not include mattresses or furniture. Source
• Virginia's recycling mandates are rate mandates on localities, not material bans: each county, city, town or regional authority (Solid Waste Planning Unit) must maintain recycling programs meeting at least 15% (low population density or high unemployment) or 25% (all others), must maintain a Solid Waste Management Plan, and may be required to file a Recycling Action Plan if it falls short. No material is banned from disposal and mattresses are not mentioned. The page links a statewide "Recycling Program Managers (by Locality)" contact list (deq.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/29928/639154037491930000) and the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Regulations at 9VAC20-130. Source
• Mattress Recycling Council's Program States page names exactly four program states — California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Oregon. Virginia is not among them; MRC's head office is at 501 Wythe Street, Alexandria VA 22314, but it runs no Virginia program. This is consistent with the existing record that Virginia's 2026 mattress recycling bill (HB 86) was vetoed. Source