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

• South Boston names a drop-off inside the town for anything that will not fit in the cart, and it is not the transfer station a reader would find first. The Town's Residential Refuse Collection guidelines, as rule 12 of twelve: "If oversized items will not fit in the trash can, there is a recycle and collection station at 2412 Younger Ave, South Boston, VA 24592." That matters because the obvious facility in town is closed to households: Halifax County says of its Solid Waste Transfer Station at 1201 Plywood Trail that it "is not for an individual, residential trash disposal". The rest of the Town's cart rules explain why rule 12 exists at all: "EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2024: Residential household trash must be in approved containers. All other containers not approved will not be picked up. Each individual household will receive one free new trash receptacle at no cost. Additional trash receptacles can be purchased at Public Works for $50.00." Also stated: bag all household garbage inside an approved 64 gallon minimum container; set it out by 7:00 a.m. on the collection day or the evening before; return it to the residence "no later than 8:00 a.m the morning following day"; keep it within three feet of the curb and three feet from any obstruction; and "Trash that will not fit into container, may not be placed on top of or outside of the container" and "Trash not in container or overfilled trash cans will not be picked up." Public Works is at 710 Hamilton Blvd, South Boston, VA 24592, 434-575-4260, open Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Source Not confirmed: The Town gives the Younger Avenue recycle and collection station only as a street address in a cart rule. No hours, accepted-items list, residency rule, fee or mattress policy is published for it by the Town or by Halifax County, so it cannot be listed as a drop-off a reader can be sent to. Not confirmed: No published terms could be found for the Younger Avenue site, so no price is recorded for it.

• 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