How to get rid of a mattress in Lynden, 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.

• Lynden runs no collection of its own. Nooksack Valley Disposal is the franchised collector — the company's letter to the mayor and council notes it "has been happy to provide both garbage and recycling services to the City of Lynden for over 40 years" and that under "our Municipal Solid Waste Agreement with the City of Lynden, Section 7A" it must request a rate revision at least 60 days before implementation. The schedule the council considered for 2024 is short: a residential base fee of $7.40 a month plus $7.50 per cart dump, optional yard waste at $11.50 a month, and commercial can, cart and 1 to 2 yard container rates with dumpster rental fees. It contains no bulky item charge, no per-item charge, and no mattress. Source Not confirmed: The adopted rate schedule sets no price for a large item or a mattress, so the city has approved no figure a resident can rely on Not confirmed: Lynden Municipal Code was not read; no city set-out or illegal-dumping provision is established here
• Nooksack Valley Disposal does offer a large item removal from its Lynden base at 250 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd, but on terms a reader cannot price. Its own page says "We can remove items such as old appliances, furniture, TVs, tires, hot water tanks, and more…", that "Items must be easy to access in the garage or outside", and "Call for more information, pricing, and/or to schedule an appointment 360-354-JUNK." It serves "Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, Sumas and a portion of northern Whatcom County". Mattresses and box springs are not named among the items it lists, and no price appears. Source Not confirmed: Mattresses are not named on the hauler's large item page, so acceptance is not established Not confirmed: No price is published and no quote was requested
• Lynden's own drop-off is Nooksack Valley Disposal's self-serve transfer station at 250 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd, Lynden, WA 98264, "self-serve Monday-Friday 8am-4pm & Saturday 9am-12pm". Its published per-item fees cover appliances only: "Refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners, water coolers (anything with Freon) are all $55 each", "Stoves, ovens, washers, dryers, hot water tanks are all $10 each", and "Microwaves are $5 each", with a possible fee to recycle metal that must be checked at the office first. Mattresses and box springs are not mentioned anywhere on the page, in either the fee list or the accepted materials. The county's own directory already lists this site; the fees and the mattress silence are what is added here. Source Not confirmed: No mattress fee and no general garbage tipping rate or minimum charge is published for this site, so what a mattress costs at the gate is unknown

• 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