How to get rid of a mattress in Lynnwood, 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.

• Lynnwood does not collect, and the city divides at Highway 99. Its Public Works page states "Garbage service is mandatory for all City of Lynnwood property owners" and "Curbside garbage, recycling, and yard waste service is provided by Waste Management and Republic Services through a state issued Certificate of Convenience and Necessity." The split is published by side of the highway: "East of Hwy 99: Waste Management NW, 1-800-592-9995" and "West of Hwy 99: Republic Services, (425) 778-0188". The city's separate Waste Reduction page says plainly "The city does not provide garbage or power services, here are the local contacts for those services," and its Recycling & Organics page covers only light bulbs and batteries, electronics, and yard waste and food scraps. Source Not confirmed: Because the two haulers hold state certificates rather than a city contract, Lynnwood publishes no adopted rate schedule at all — no cart price and no bulky-item or mattress charge — and its recycling pages name no option for a mattress.
• Lynnwood's ordinance both compels service and expressly leaves room to self-haul a mattress. LMC 7.04.040(A) records the council's finding "that mandatory and universal garbage collection service is important to maintain the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the city", and 7.04.040(B) requires every person or entity to "use a solid waste collector, licensed by the appropriate state agency, to remove, transport and dispose of all garbage, refuse and other solid waste". The first exception, 7.04.040(B)(1), permits self-haul: a person who is not a solid waste collector "may remove, transport, and dispose of accumulations of solid waste from the person's or entity's own property or the property of another person or entity on a nonregular and occasional basis for disposal at a disposal facility or for waste recycling if in doing so the person or entity would not be required to have a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Washington State Utilities and Transportation Commission pursuant to Chapter 81.77 RCW", provided they still keep regular service. LMC 7.04.050(A) sets the penalty: "Violations of this chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not over $100.00 for each violation, or imprisonment for 30 days, or both." LMC 7.04.030 requires containers "watertight with raised bottoms and fitted with a tight cover". Source Not confirmed: Chapter 7.04 says nothing about set-out times, curbside placement, or bulky and oversized items; those are left to the two certificated haulers.

• 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