How to get rid of a mattress in Pullman, 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.

• Pullman's code is written for containers only, and it carves the university out. PCC 5.40.010(2): "The provisions of this Chapter shall be applicable to premises located in all zone districts, except the zone district designated as 'WSU'." 5.40.060(2)(b) requires that "all solid waste is deposited in solid waste containers", capped by 5.40.050(5) at "not less than ten nor more than ninety-five (95) gallons" and by 5.40.060(2)(d) at no more than seventy-five pounds when full. The only things the code lets a household leave beside the container are, at 5.40.060(3), "Large wooden, cardboard, and synthetic boxes and crating" collapsed and bundled, and "Prunings of trees, bushes, and other vegetation, and other yard waste" cut and bundled - there is no bulky-item or furniture exception. Where more accumulates than the containers hold, 5.40.040(2) says "extra collections and removals must be arranged for by the person in charge of the premises". Set-out is fixed by 5.40.070(2): containers "shall not be placed in the locations for solid waste removal prior to twenty-four hours before scheduled solid waste removal and shall be removed from those locations within twenty-four hours after solid waste removal", and 5.40.070(1) puts them within five feet of the curb, or within five feet of the traveled portion of the alley. Rates are not set by the city: 5.40.060(3)(c) recognizes that "A solid waste collector whose tariffs have been approved by the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission ... may charge those fees." Enforcement runs through 5.40.110: a first infraction is a Class 3 civil infraction, a second of the same provision within twelve months a Class 2.5, and a third and subsequent a Class 2; 5.40.110(3) makes city water service prima facie evidence that waste is being generated and that collection is mandatory. Source
• What those infraction classes cost in Pullman. PCC 1.02.020(2) caps the forfeiture for a non-contested civil infraction at "Three hundred and fifty dollars for a Class 1 infraction; Two hundred and fifty dollars for a Class 2 infraction; One hundred fifty dollars for a Class 2.5 infraction; One hundred dollars for a Class 3 infraction", each figure inclusive of costs and filing fees and open to being raised or lowered by the court for good cause. PCC 1.02.010(1) converts ordinance violations into civil infractions generally, with "a monetary penalty only, which monetary penalty shall be of the sum not to exceed five hundred dollars". So a first solid waste infraction in Pullman is $100, a second of the same provision within twelve months $150, and a third $250. Source
• Pullman Disposal's own residential rate card, which covers the city, carries no bulky or mattress line. Weekly collection including curbside recycling is $20.33 for a 20-gallon mini, $24.31 for a 32-gallon, $32.19 for a 64-gallon and $40.88 for a 96-gallon can, with yard waste at $7.51 and $8.07. The only extras published are "Occasional Extra Unit (Bag or Can) $4.60 per unit", "Carry-Out Fee (standard distance) $4.03", "Return Trip Fee (when customer gets can out too late) $9.97", "Recycling as Trash (when trash is in your recycling can) $9.15" and "Pre-Paid Bag $6.00"; rates "Include Mandatory City Recycling Fee" and exclude taxes. A temporary dumpster is the alternative: a 1-yard box is a $16.63 delivery/relocation fee, a $54.98 pick-up rate and $1.40 a day or $5.14 a month in rent, with "Additional landfill charges of 137.00 per ton". The company describes itself as "the exclusive solid waste hauler for Pullman and the surrounding area". Source Not confirmed: The rate card prices an "Occasional Extra Unit (Bag or Can)" but nothing that would cover a mattress; no per-item bulky figure appears on the hauler's own city rate page.

• 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