How to get rid of a mattress in Kirkland, 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.

• Kirkland publishes something almost no city does: where the mattress it collects actually goes. Its Mattress and Furniture Disposal page states "Waste Management can pick up bulky items from the curb for a fee. They are thrown away at the landfill, not recycled or reused. To schedule pickup, call Waste Management at 425-587-0040." It separates that from recycling: "Mattress recycling is available at Factoria Transfer Station in Bellevue and Shoreline Transfer Station. There is a $30 handling fee (2024) per mattress, box spring, or futon." and "You can recycle mattresses at our semi-annual Recycling Collection Events. There is a small pass-through charge to recycle mattresses and box springs at these events." It also states "There is a private company that recycles mattresses in Woodinville. Call in advance to learn pricing and confirm acceptance." and closes the furniture section with "Do not leave your unwanted furniture on the roadside or other public places. This is considered illegal dumping." Source Not confirmed: The Woodinville mattress recycler is not named, has no address on the page and no published price, so nothing can be listed from it Not confirmed: The $30 transfer-station handling fee is labeled "(2024)" on the city's page and is the county's fee, not Kirkland's
• Kirkland is the only city in this batch with a set-out window in its ordinance. KMC 16.08.070, "Garbage, recycling, yard waste carts and ordinance units—Placement—Single-family residential", provides: "Any single-family residence accumulating garbage, recyclables, and yard waste shall place their materials for collection no earlier than twenty-four hours prior to their collection day. Likewise, all garbage, recycling, yard waste carts and ordinance units must be removed from public property within twenty-four hours of being collected. All carts and ordinance units shall be placed by the occupant in a convenient, accessible location where such placement does not block vehicular or bicycle use or use of the sidewalk." (Ord. 4362 § 1, 2012; Ord. 3963 § 11, 2004; Ord. 2038 § 8, 1969.) For commercial and other non-single-family premises, KMC 16.08.075(3) adds that containers "shall not be placed on the sidewalk or at the curbline, nor in the alley or street prior to thirty minutes before scheduled pickup". Enforcement is at KMC 16.08.125: "Upon determination that there has been a violation of any provision of this chapter, the city may pursue code enforcement and penalties in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1.12, Code Enforcement." (Ord. 4362 § 2, 2012.) Source Not confirmed: Chapter 16.08 names no dollar penalty; the amount is set by KMC Chapter 1.12, which was not read Not confirmed: The chapter does not separately address a bulky item left at the curb, and imposes no wrapping requirement on a mattress
• Kirkland tells residents in terms that the local reuse route is closed to mattresses. Its page says of furniture donation "Donation services like the Northwest Center may accept some smaller furniture items. We encourage you to call in advance to confirm they'll accept your items, especially upholstered items. They typically do not accept mattresses for donation". The city's own reuse partner for furniture is narrower than a mattress too: "The City of Kirkland is a proud partner with the Furniture Repair Bank at our WM Recycle Right Events, the Furniture Repair Bank takes used furniture and updates, upcycles, and reupholsters and provides to families in need." Source Not confirmed: The refusal is the city's characterisation of Northwest Center's policy; Northwest Center's own published donation policy was not read Not confirmed: The Furniture Repair Bank partnership is described for furniture and the page does not say whether it takes mattresses

• 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