How to get rid of a mattress in Pulaski, 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.

• The Town of Pulaski runs a convenience center of its own, inside the town and restricted to town residents, and its accepted list stops short of a mattress. The Town: "The site is available for use for town residents and is located at 100 Sheriff F.R. Conner Drive (The former brush drop site located directly behind the Sheriff's office)." Hours are "Monday-Friday 8:00am - 3:00pm" and "Saturday 8:00am - 1:00pm", with "a site attendant on duty during hours to assist with drop offs". The items it takes are given as a closed list: "Household, Recycling, Metal, Electronics, Tires, Appliances, Brush, and Batteries." Eligibility is explicit: "Town Residents must have proof of residence within the town to use the Convenience Center." This is the town's own site and is separate from Pulaski County's convenience centers at Dublin and Fairlawn, which the County Public Service Authority runs. The list names appliances and metal but no furniture category and no mattress, and nothing on the page refuses one by name - so the honest reading is a gap in an otherwise itemized list, not a refusal, and a reader should not assume either way. Source Not confirmed: The town convenience center's accepted list names eight categories and includes neither furniture nor a mattress, and the Town publishes no refused-items list, so whether the attendant will take a mattress is not established. Not confirmed: No fee, no refused-items list and no size or weight limit is published for the town convenience center.

• 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