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How to get rid of a mattress in Oak Harbor, WA.
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Island County, Washington · 28 options, 8 free · checked Sep 28, 2026
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6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Oak Harbor
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Oak Harbor (our Oak Harbor mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout WashingtonBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in Oak HarborBook a date with the city and leave it at the curb$5
- 3Drop-off options near Oak Harbor2 places that take mattresses, nearest 6 miles awayFrom $15.50
- 4Junk removal options serving Oak Harbor4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Oak Harbor20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Oak Harbor2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Island County · Washington rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Oak Harbor
Use our Oak Harbor mattress recycling partner, A Bedder World.
A Bedder World is a curbside and in-home mattress pickup service, recycling mattresses for homes and businesses throughout Washington. They take it from the curb or carry it out of any room, and you book online and see the full price before you confirm.
- Oak Harbor division
- Curbside or any room in the house
- 90% of materials recovered
Metro areas in all 50 states; book online. Small-town and rural coverage not stated.
From $89A pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so this is where it starts, not a price per mattress. Your total is shown at the booking step before you confirm.
Book recycling pickupRun by the founder of this site. Every other option here is listed so you can compare.
Prices, conditions and sources
Curbside or inside pickup; stairs and long carries cost extra. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece, so it is a starting price rather than a rate per mattress, and a second piece collected on the same visit costs less than the first. The total for your items is shown at the booking step before you confirm. Owned by the operator of this site.
$89 — Pickup starts at $89. The price is a pickup fee plus a recycling fee on each piece; the total for your items is shown at the booking step.
Not confirmed: The recycling fee charged on each piece is not published separately; it is included in the total shown at the booking step.
A Bedder World states it serves homes and businesses, listing bulk removal for hotels, apartments and commercial customers alongside residential pickup. Source
A Bedder World states it covers 1,000+ cities across all 50 states, with next-day pickup available. Source
A Bedder World states it removes the mattress from anywhere on the property, so pickup is from the curb or from inside the home. Source
A Bedder World states 90% of mattress materials are recovered and commits to sending none to landfill. Source
A Bedder World states it has recycled more than 1 million mattresses. Source
2City curbside pickup in Oak Harbor
Oak Harbor’s own collection service takes the mattress from outside your home. You normally have to book a date in advance and follow their wrapping rules.
City of Oak Harbor Solid Waste Utility collection, with a special pickup for oversized items such as a mattress
The City's own utility collects, with its own crews and its own carts, for premises inside the city. OHMC 15.04.090(1)(a): "The solid waste utility shall provide service for collection and disposal of all solid waste from residential customers once per week. Recycling is included in this service." Cart sizes and monthly rates are published — 20 gallon $18.78, 35 gallon $25.72, 65 gallon $43.11, 95 gallon $57.37 — with "The fee to increase garbage can size is $35.00" and no charge to reduce it. Elderly and disabled customers who cannot place a container "may request courtesy can assistance from the utilities office" under OHMC 15.04.090(7).
Conditions and source
A mattress is not refused in Oak Harbor; it is a special pickup quoted by telephone. The City's Solid Waste Division FAQ: "Large items like furniture and mattresses can be self-hauled to the Island county dump" or "call 360-279-4766 for a quote for Oak Harbor solid waste to pick up the items", and the Residential Garbage page says "Special pickup requests for oversized trash that will not fit in a roll cart or prepaid garbage bag can be arranged by calling the Utilities Office at 360-279-4766 for pricing and scheduling." Nothing loose is taken at the curb: OHMC 15.04.140(4)(a)(i) requires extra trash to be in a $5.00 city prepaid bag placed within three feet of the cart, each bag under 45 pounds, and "Extra garbage set out for collection contained in anything other than the prepaid garbage bags will not be collected." The code's prohibited-materials list at 15.04.140(3)(a) bars liquids, carcasses, hazardous and infectious waste, tar roofing, "Scrap or junk including automobiles or parts, automobile hulks, tires, used appliances, scrap metal and concrete", soil and yard waste — and does not name a mattress. Set-out: carts out "no later than 7:00 a.m." on collection day, in plain view at the curb line or shoulder of a developed public street, facing the street, lid closed, with three feet of clearance; each customer "has a duty to remove the container from the streetside… on the same day as collection", and "Containers left out at the curb longer than two business days may be removed by the solid waste utility. A delivery fee will be assessed to the customer to redeliver the container." Unscheduled pickups are charged a special trip fee under 15.04.120(3)(a), set at $35.00 in the Master Fee Schedule. Dumping is barred outright by 15.04.140(3)(b): no person shall "Burn solid waste", "Dump or deposit any solid waste upon any street, alley or private property in the city", or "Collect, remove or dispose of solid waste except as provided in this chapter." Self-hauling comes with the trap that sits on the county layer of this page: North Whidbey, the county station inside Oak Harbor, cannot accept an item over four feet, so the mattress run is to Coupeville.
- $5 — "15.04.140(4)(b)(i) Solid Waste Management. • Prepaid garbage bag $5.00" in the City's Master Fee Schedule; the Residential Garbage page sells them "at $5.00 per bag" at Safeway, Haggen Food, Saar's Marketplace and the Utilities Office. The bag is the only way to put out extra trash — a 34-gallon bag under 45 pounds, within three feet of the cart — and OHMC 15.04.140(4)(a)(i) provides that "Extra garbage set out for collection contained in anything other than the prepaid garbage bags will not be collected", which is precisely why a mattress has to go through a special pickup or be self-hauled.
- $35 — City of Oak Harbor Master Fee Schedule (Resolution No. 15-11 as amended, version effective June 16, 2026), under Chapter 15.04: "15.04.120(3)(a) Special Trips. • Solid waste roll carts $35.00". OHMC 15.04.120(3)(a) provides that "Any customer requesting an unscheduled pickup of solid waste will be charged a special trip fee per the master fee schedule adopted by resolution of the city council." This is the only adopted figure in the schedule that could attach to an unscheduled solid-waste pickup; the schedule contains no oversized-item, bulky-item or mattress line, and the City's Residential Garbage page nonetheless directs oversized-trash requests to the Utilities Office at 360-279-4766 "for pricing and scheduling". Treat $35.00 as the published special trip fee, not as a confirmed mattress price.
Not confirmed: The City publishes no oversized-item or mattress price: the Master Fee Schedule has no such line, and the City quotes it by telephone instead
Not confirmed: Whether the $35.00 special trip fee is what an oversized-item pickup is charged, or whether a separate quote applies, is not stated anywhere the City publishes
Not confirmed: No item limit per special pickup is published, and nothing says whether a mattress and a box spring count as one item or two
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Residential Garbage | Oak Harbor, WA
FAQs • Solid Waste Division | Oak Harbor, WA
City of Oak Harbor Master Fee Schedule, effective June 16, 2026
$5plus $35 per trip
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Oak Harbor
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Oak Harbor. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Cheapest
Coupeville Transfer Station oversized waste drop-off (mattresses)
"This facility is for Island County residents ONLY. Out-of-county waste is NOT accepted." The county's rate sheet repeats it: "SOLID WASTE FACILITIES ARE FOR ISLAND COUNTY RESIDENTS ONLY", with Stanwood residents directed to Snohomish County's transfer station in Arlington. Acceptance of waste is dependent on space available.
Conditions and source
Open daily 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM apart from published holiday closures. Island County classes a mattress as "Oversized, Hard to Handle: Items that are over 6 feet such as mattresses, lumber, couches, trailers, boats, etc.", charged at $244.80 per ton against a $15.50 minimum that includes the 3.6% Washington refuse tax; the county's own examples price an oversized load of 120 lb at $15.50 and 200 lb at $25.25. Tonnage rates are pro-rated and rates are rounded to the nearest quarter. An unsecured load fee of $5.00 to $10.00 applies. Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express and cash are accepted; children under 12 and pets must stay in the vehicle. This is the Whidbey Island site for oversized waste: the North Whidbey center in Oak Harbor and the Bayview center in Langley cannot accept items greater than 4 feet and send such customers here.
- $15.50 — Minimum charge, including the 3.6% Washington refuse tax. Mattresses are charged as "Oversized, Hard to Handle" waste at $244.80 per ton; the county's own example table prices an oversized load of 120 lb at this minimum.
- $25.25 — County's own published example for 200 lb of "Oversized, Hard to Handle" waste - the class that names mattresses. The same table gives 300 lb at $38.00, 400 lb at $50.75 and 500 lb at $63.50.
Not confirmed: The county publishes no per-item mattress price, only the oversized per-ton rate, the minimum and the worked weight examples.
Not confirmed: How Island County residency is checked at the scale house is not stated.
Not confirmed: Whether any part of oversized waste is recycled is not stated; the county says trash goes to Roosevelt Regional Landfill.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 26, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Rates: Island County Public Works Solid Waste Division (rate sheet PDF)
$15.50
Visit siteCamano Transfer Station oversized waste drop-off (mattresses)
"This facility is for Island County residents ONLY. Out-of-county waste is NOT accepted. Stanwood's residents use Snohomish County's Transfer Stations." Acceptance of waste at this facility is dependent upon the space available.
Conditions and source
Open daily 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM apart from published holiday closures. Takes municipal solid waste from residents and businesses, construction and demolition debris, appliances, tires and scrap metal, all with disposal fees; no yard waste is accepted at this site at all. A mattress is charged under the county's "Oversized, Hard to Handle" class - "Items that are over 6 feet such as mattresses, lumber, couches, trailers, boats, etc." - at $244.80 per ton against the $15.50 minimum, which includes the 3.6% Washington refuse tax. Camano Island is reached from the mainland at Stanwood rather than from Whidbey, so this is the practical site for the county's Camano residents.
Not confirmed: No per-item mattress price is published, only the oversized per-ton rate and the minimum.
Not confirmed: The facility page gives the scale house number as 360-387-9696 while the county rate sheet prints 360-387-6969.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 26, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Rates: Island County Public Works Solid Waste Division (rate sheet PDF)
$15.50
Visit siteNo way to move it yourself? See pickup services →
4Junk removal options serving Oak Harbor
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.
1-800-GOT-JUNK? mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP (some ZIPs not serviced).
Conditions and source
In-person estimate before work; single items priced by size, minimum charge applies (amount not published). Donates or recycles where possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price.
Not confirmed: Recycling/donation not guaranteed per job.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteCollege HUNKS mattress removal
Franchise network; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free estimate at start of job; price depends on location and job. Mattress recycled or disposed of; few donation centers take mattresses.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Recycling vs landfill not stated per location.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteJunk King mattress disposal
100+ franchise locations in U.S. and Canada; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free onsite/photo/phone estimate; pricing varies by location. Works with local recyclers and donation partners.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published mattress price on primary pages.
Not confirmed: Per-location recycling outcome not stated.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit siteThe other 1 companies
The Junkluggers mattress removal
Franchise network; find a local Junkluggers; coverage varies by ZIP.
Conditions and source
Free up-front estimate; most locations offer same-day pickup. Donates/recycles/repurposes when possible.
Not confirmed: Coverage varies by ZIP.
Not confirmed: No published price.
Not confirmed: Disposal of non-reusable mattresses not described.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 22, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Ask provider
Visit site5Store haul-away options in Oak Harbor
If you are replacing the mattress, the shop will often take the old one when they deliver. Usually one old mattress per new one, and only if it is dry and clean.
- Casper
- Free
- Casper mattress order with In-Home Delivery & Setup ($249), continental US; one used mattress per mattress ordered. Sanitary condition judged on site; box springs must be removable intact. Source
- Purple
- Free
- Non-California: free with Rejuvenate mattresses; $200 add-on for select Essentials/Restore mattresses. Mattress only (no box springs); unsanitary mattresses may be refused. Source
- Raymour & Flanigan
- Free
- New mattress purchase with delivery; free with mattress set of $500+. Safe, sanitary, free of rips and tears. Source
- Rooms To Go
- Free
- New mattress with full service delivery. Not heavily soiled; not with Doorway Delivery. Source
The other 15 retailers
- Saatva
- Free
- New Saatva mattress with white glove delivery; select removal at checkout; continental US. Clean, undamaged mattress/foundation only; no adjustable bases, frames, waterbed or Sleep Number bases. Source
- Sam's Club
- Free
- Select mattresses with White Glove Delivery; free White Glove for Plus members buying online; not PR/AK/HI. Haul-away on request; biohazard items refused. Source
- Tempur-Pedic direct
- Free
- Mattress (not TEMPUR-Cloud), power base or foundation bought directly from Tempur-Pedic; like-for-like. Adult 18+ present; bedding removed; unsanitary/heavily soiled items may be refused. Source
- Amazon
- $79.99
- Purchased with an eligible mattress; available in select cities. One mattress or box spring; no bodily fluids or bed bugs; adult present. Source
- Avocado Green Mattress
- Ask provider
- Avocado In-Home Delivery & Setup order in select areas; must buy the equivalent item. Subject to local health regulations; no bed frames/furniture. Source
- Bob's Discount Furniture
- Ask provider
- New mattress/foundation delivered via BOBtastic White Glove Delivery. Safe and sanitary condition. Source
- Costco
- Ask provider
- Costco mattress delivery in select areas; one-for-one like item. Not damaged, soiled or infested; ready at delivery; additional fees may apply. Source
- Helix Sleep
- $219
- Helix order with In-Home Setup & Removal selected at checkout; contiguous 48 states. Stained/soiled items may be refused. Source
- IKEA
- $30
- Mattress or box spring bought in store with in-home delivery, in select markets / ZIP codes in the continental US; not online orders. Removal may be on a different date from delivery. Source
- Living Spaces
- Ask provider
- Full Service Delivery; request at checkout. Stained/soiled mattresses not eligible. Source
- Macys
- $25
- Macy's mattress with White Glove ($125) or Room of Choice ($75) delivery; one-for-one. No stained, soiled or bed-bug items; no frames/adjustable bases/furniture. Source
- Mattress Firm
- Ask provider
- Mattress ordered for delivery from Mattress Firm; one-for-one. Box spring removed only if new order includes one; no wet, unsanitary or infested bedding; no furniture. Source
- Mattress Warehouse
- $29.99
- With delivery of a new purchase; add before delivery date. Mattresses/box springs only; stained items excluded. Source
- Resident (Nectar, DreamCloud)
- $199
- Nectar or DreamCloud order with paid White Glove Delivery, where offered. Removal at the provider's discretion; may be unavailable in some areas; CA/RI/CT add a state-mandated fee. Source
- Sleep Number
- Ask provider
- With a Sleep Number bed delivery: included with Ultimate delivery ($350) or added for $100 with Premium/Doorstep; one disposal per Smart Bed delivered. Adult 18+ present; no bed bugs/extreme soiling; Doorstep customers must put the old bed outside. Source
6Donation options in Oak Harbor
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 Island County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Oak Harbor and its neighbors.
- Whidbey Island's certificated hauler is Island Disposal, Inc., certificate G-00154, a Waste Connections company, and its rates are filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. Tariff No. 9 names the territory as "Whidbey Island" and its Item 150 - Loose and Bulky Material page, issued August 20, 2025 and effective October 4, 2025, sets Bulky Materials at $24.21 per cubic yard for 1 to 4 cubic yards, $24.21 per additional cubic yard, a minimum charge of $24.21 per pickup, and a carry charge of $3.28 per each 5 ft over 8 feet, with company-loaded loose material charged at the same rate. That is markedly cheaper than the equivalent Olympic Disposal rate on the Peninsula. The tariff's own definition of the class is "Bulky materials: Empty carriers, cartons, boxes, crates, etc., or materials offered for disposal, all of which may be readily handled without shoveling." Camano Island is not covered by this tariff: the county names Waste Management as the Camano hauler, under a separate filing. Source Not confirmed: The tariff never uses the word mattress and does not say how many cubic yards one is counted as, so $24.21 is the floor rather than a quoted mattress price. Not confirmed: The tariff covers Whidbey Island only; the Waste Management tariff covering Camano Island was not read, so no bulky rate is recorded for Camano. Not confirmed: The certificated area is defined by an attached map that is not machine-readable, and Oak Harbor runs its own collection, so whether an Oak Harbor address can buy this service is not established here.
- Not an option: The nearest county waste site to Oak Harbor will not take a mattress. The North Whidbey Solid Waste & Recycle Center at 3151 Oak Harbor Road, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, phone 360-675-6161, open 9:30 AM to 5:00 PM on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, is a can-and-bundle drop-off, not a transfer station: it takes household garbage on the per-can rate, recyclables, clothing in the blue Northwest Center container, household hazardous waste and e-waste, plus "very limited" construction, demolition, metal and yard waste - and it states flatly, "We cannot accept items greater than 4 feet in length." The county's rate sheet says the same of this site and of Bayview: "These two locations accept extremely limited amounts of construction debris, metal, & yard waste. They cannot accept appliances or items greater than 4 feet. Attendants will direct customers with these materials to the Coupeville Transfer Station or recommend other appropriate disposal options." A mattress is by the county's own definition an item over 6 feet, so an Oak Harbor resident must drive on to the Coupeville Transfer Station, about ten miles south on State Route 20. The site is also for Island County residents only: "This facility is for Island County residents ONLY. Out-of-County waste is NOT accepted." Its garbage rate is the per-can rate - first can or bundle $15.50, each additional can or bundle $5.00, based on a 32-gallon can or bundle not exceeding 50 pounds. Source Not confirmed: The page states the four-foot length limit but does not name mattresses in the refusal, so the exclusion is read from the limit and from the county's own definition of a mattress as an item over 6 feet.
- Habitat for Humanity of Island County runs the county's two Habitat Stores: 290 SE Pioneer Way, Oak Harbor, WA 98277, phone (360) 675-8733, open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and 1592 Main Street, Freeland, WA 98249, phone (360) 331-6272, open Monday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Donations are taken Monday through Saturday between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. at both - in Oak Harbor at the warehouse behind the store, reached from the alley, and in Freeland at the store. Collections are possible but must be booked: pickups are scheduled at least two weeks in advance by telephoning the store. The general rule is "Donated items must be in good, clean, working and resalable condition", and the store publishes a separate accepted-and-refused list. Source Not confirmed: The store page itself does not say whether a mattress is accepted; that question is answered - contradictorily - only by the linked donation flyer.
- Nothing in Island County recycles mattresses. The county's rate sheet carries a "Disposal Resources" directory of where to take what, and it is detailed - named outlets for asbestos (Northwest Clean Air Agency), concrete, asphalt and clean fill, e-cycle electronics, latex paint through Washington PaintCare, medication through MED-Project, metals, tires and non-refrigerating appliances, and yard waste - but there is no mattress entry and no mattress recycler among them. The county's only route for a mattress is the "Oversized, Hard to Handle" disposal class at $244.80 per ton, and the county says trash collected in Island County goes to Republic Services' Roosevelt Regional Landfill. Washington has no statewide mattress stewardship program behind this, so there is no free recycling drop-off anywhere in the county. Source Not confirmed: The rate sheet does not state the fate of oversized waste, so whether any fraction of a mattress is recovered before the long haul is not established.
Washington mattress disposal rules
- 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
Questions people ask about Oak Harbor
Is there free mattress disposal in Oak Harbor?
Yes: Casper removal with In-Home Delivery & Setup; Havertys complimentary mattress removal; Purple In-Home Setup with mattress removal. Check eligibility and conditions before you go.
How much does mattress pickup cost in Oak Harbor?
Published starting prices: A Bedder World mattress pickup from $89. Stairs, box springs, and extra items can add fees.
Will the store take my old mattress when I buy a new one?
Several retailers offer haul-away with a new mattress delivery, usually with conditions: Casper, Havertys, Purple, Raymour & Flanigan, Rooms To Go, Saatva.
Are there state rules for mattress disposal in Washington?
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.
What to check before you go
- Say if the mattress is wet, stained, or has any sign of pests — that is the usual reason one is turned away.
- Ask what the total will be. Box springs, stairs, and extra items are often charged separately.
- Check you qualify. Many sites serve only residents of their own city or county.