How to get rid of a mattress in Bellevue, WA.

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 city's own disposal guide gives a resident two routes and prices neither. Its entry for "Mattresses or Box Springs" reads "Drop off to Factoria Recycling and Transfer Station - fees apply" or "Call Republic Services at 425-452-4762 to schedule a pickup (place next to carts as separate item) – fees apply". The Furniture entry adds "Donate furniture in good condition to charity – no fee" alongside the same paid Republic pickup. The instruction to place the mattress "next to carts as separate item" is the only set-out rule the city publishes for it. Source Not confirmed: The guide says "fees apply" for both the transfer station and the curbside pickup without naming either amount
• The city's Residential and Multifamily Service Guide is what establishes that Bellevue's bulky charge is per item rather than per visit. Under the heading "Bulky Waste" it reads "Call 425.452.4762 for pickup. Fees apply per bulky items only." There is no allowance, no item limit and no annual clean-up in the guide. Source Not confirmed: The service guide carries no dollar figure of its own, and is an older edition than the 2026 rate sheet
• Bellevue answers the dumping question in its Anti-Litter Code rather than its solid waste chapter. BCC 9.11.030 provides: "A. Deposit in Public Places. No person shall throw or deposit litter in or upon any street, sidewalk, or other public place within the city except in litter receptacles or in official county transfer stations. B. Deposit on Private Property. No person shall throw or deposit litter on any private property within the city, whether owned by such person or not..." "Litter" is defined in BCC 9.11.020(G) as "garbage, refuse, and rubbish, as defined in this section, animal excrement, and in addition, all other waste material which, if thrown or deposited as prohibited in this chapter, tends to create a public nuisance", and "rubbish" in 9.11.020(N) expressly includes "bedding". BCC 9.11.140 provides: "A. The violation of or failure to comply with any provision of this chapter is declared to be unlawful. B. Any violation of any provision of this chapter is a civil violation as provided for in Chapter 1.18 BCC, for which a monetary penalty may be assessed and abatement may be required as provided therein. C. In addition to or as an alternative to any other penalty provided by this chapter or by law, any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor." (Ord. 4215 § 1, 1991; Ord. 2687 § 1, 1979.) Source Not confirmed: Chapter 9.11 names no dollar penalty; the amount is set by Chapter 1.18 BCC, which was not read
• Bellevue's solid waste chapter sets no set-out window and no mattress rule. BCC Chapter 9.26 runs to five sections only — 9.26.010 Management plan adopted, 9.26.020 County powers and regulations, 9.26.030 Recyclable materials designated, 9.26.040 Commercial recycling program – City participation, 9.26.050 Yard waste disposal restrictions — and none of them mentions bulky items, mattresses, container placement or the hours a container may be at the curb. 9.26.020 does establish that the city and not the county controls service levels: "Pursuant to RCW 70.95.160, the city determines that King County shall not exercise any powers regarding the levels and types of service for any aspect of solid waste handling in the city." Source Not confirmed: No ordinance-level set-out window or wrapping requirement exists for Bellevue in this chapter; whether one exists elsewhere in the code was not established

• County warehouse referral has Everett locality and 425-931-3670; primary operator now directs drop-off to Mukilteo and uses 425-876-0107. County directory appears stale for this referral. Source
• No enacted Washington mattress stewardship law found. SB 6271 (2026; companion HB 2633) would create mattress producer responsibility organizations; referred to Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Jan 21, 2026, public hearing Feb 4, 2026, no later action shown. Source
• Ecology's 1-800-RECYCLE locator (1800recycle.wa.gov) lists 'Home & Garden - Mattresses' as a searchable material; hotline 1-800-732-9253, Mon-Fri 9am-3pm. Ecology's How to Recycle page also directs residents to county or city solid waste officials. Source
• There is no mattress recycling program in Washington State, and the absence is worth stating because both neighbors have one. The Mattress Recycling Council, which runs the Bye Bye Mattress collection network, says of itself: "We currently provide resources, education and support for programs in California, Connecticut, Oregon and Rhode Island." Washington is not among them. A Washington resident has no free state-funded drop-off of the kind an Oregonian twenty miles away in Milton-Freewater or Hermiston has, and no Bye Bye Mattress collection site to look up. What the county charges at the gate is what the resident actually pays. Source