How to get rid of a mattress in Enumclaw, 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.

• Enumclaw is the one city in this batch that collects its own trash, and it will not take a mattress. The City states that "If you live or operate a business in the City Limits of Enumclaw, you are required to set up garbage collection service with the City of Enumclaw Solid Waste Service", offers 20, 32, 64 and 96-gallon residential carts with weekly garbage and every-other-week recycling and yard waste, and bills solid waste monthly on the city utility bill (Utility Billing, 360-825-5541). Its "Non-Acceptable Garbage (Residential/Multi Family And Commercial)" list is: "Asbestos; Concrete/rocks/bricks; Hazardous materials or wastes; Loose hypodermic needles or syringes; Large items (furniture, lumber, appliances, carpet, etc.); Liquids; Medical waste; Tires; Used motor oil." The city publishes no bulky-item or large-item collection and no per-item rate for one. Its set-out guidelines are "Set carts out by 6 AM on your pickup day", "Set carts three feet from any obstructions, such as other carts, vehicles, telephone poles, fences, and buildings", "For curbside pickup place the carts in the street or alley", "Cart lid must sit flat on top. If you overfill your cart, you will be charged an additional fee" and "Remove cart(s) from the curb or alley after contents have been collected." The City's temporary 1.5-yard container is expressly barred from taking one: the guidelines are "No Yard waste in container; No sand, dirt, cement or rocks in container; No appliances, TV's or computers; No water or oils; No metals; No mattresses; All furniture must be broken down; All items must fit inside container WITH LID CLOSED". Under "Special Events" the City lists a "Mini Recycling Event - August 15, 2026 9am - noon" and a "Residential Neighborhood Clean-Up - Mid September". The page also directs residents to the transfer station at 1650 Battersby Ave E, notes that "To be eligible for the City residential rate, you must show a current Washington state driver's license or ID showing a city address that receives City of Enumclaw residential solid waste service in your name", and warns "Please be aware of the City's illegal dumping law." Source Not confirmed: The City refers to "the City's illegal dumping law" without citing a chapter or a penalty, and the Enumclaw Municipal Code could not be read: codepublishing.com returns HTTP 403. The ordinance and its fine were not established. Not confirmed: The City does not publish what its annual Residential Neighborhood Clean-Up accepts, so whether a mattress can be put out during it is unknown; residents are told to "contact us in early September for dates". Not confirmed: Because the City collects no large items, the price of having a mattress taken away in Enumclaw is not a published figure at all.
• The City of Enumclaw's residential solid waste pamphlet repeats the curb rules and the exclusion. Under "CONTAINER PLACEMENT": "Please place your recycling, garbage and yardwaste carts at the curb/street/alley by 6:00 AM on your scheduled pickup day ... at least three (3) feet from cars, trees, mailboxes and fences; as close to the curb as possible; cart lids opening toward the street w/lid closed; three (3) feet apart from other receptacles", followed by "PLEASE REMOVE CARTS FROM THE STREET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE". Garbage guidelines include "Only use City of Enumclaw carts", "If you leave extra garbage within five (5) feet of your cart(s), we will pick it up and charge your account an additional fee", and cart-size changes at 360.825.5541. The temporary dumpster block prices a 30-day rental and a per-yard emptying charge and lists among its rules "No mattresses" and "All furniture must be broken down". Under "CITY-WIDE CLEAN UP" it states: "Each fall, the city conducts a city-wide clean up. Dates vary from year to year, contact us in early September for dates." A separate "ANNUAL RECYCLING COLLECTION EVENT" is run "In collaboration with King County" in late spring. Source Not confirmed: The pamphlet gives no list of what the fall city-wide clean up accepts, so whether it will take a mattress is not established.
• Not an option: Enumclaw's own reuse shop refuses mattresses. Enumclaw Recyclers and The Use Again Store, at 2032 Garrett Street, Enumclaw, WA 98022 (253-218-9248), take drop-offs Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and accept a long list of reusable goods including "Metal bed frames", scrap metal, small appliances, tools, books and clean clothes and linen. Their "Items We DO NOT Take" list, however, includes "Mattresses or box springs", alongside "Upholstered/stuffed furniture", "Large or damaged wooden furniture", "Any glassware", "Fluorescent bulbs/tubes", "Paint/chemicals", "Tires" and "VHS tapes". A resident with a bed frame to give away can use them; a resident with the mattress cannot. Source

• 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