How to get rid of a mattress in Bellingham, 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 of Bellingham's "Moving Out? Pack it Out!" page is the one city page here that names a mattress. It groups "Bulky items (appliances, furniture, mattresses, electronics) and yard waste" together and offers two routes for them — "Scheduled curbside pickup (fees apply) or in-person drop-off at their recycling centers" — naming Sanitary Service Company and Recycling and Disposal Services, Inc. (RDS) in Ferndale as the operators. For reuse it points readers at Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County and The RE Store, and for hazardous waste at the county's Disposal of Toxics Facility. Source Not confirmed: The city page says fees apply but publishes no figure
• Not an option: The obvious reuse answer in Bellingham is closed, and the store says so in plain words. Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County's ReStore, 1825 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225, states in its donation guidelines: "We have permanently stopped taking mattresses, box springs, and sleeper sofas for donation." Its not-accepted list carries "Mattresses/Boxsprings" under upholstered furniture and "Hide-a-beds/Sleeper sofas" under wood furniture. Donation hours are Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is worth knowing before the trip: the City of Bellingham's own moving-out page still sends readers to Habitat for reuse. Source Not confirmed: The guidelines give no date for when the policy changed

• 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