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How to get rid of a mattress in Shelton, WA.
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6 ways to get rid of a mattress in Shelton
Everything we could find for this city. Click any one of them for the full details.
- 1A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Shelton (our Shelton mattress recycling partner)Easily book a curbside or in-home pickup for mattress recycling throughout WashingtonBook pickup online
- 2City curbside pickup in SheltonBook a date with the city and leave it at the curbFee not published
- 3Drop-off options near Shelton2 places that take mattresses, nearest 20 miles awayFrom $7.27
- 4Junk removal options serving Shelton4 national companies that come to your doorQuoted by address
- 5Store haul-away options in Shelton20 retailers remove the old mattress on deliveryFree at 8
- 6Donation options in Shelton2 charities checked, 1 will not take a mattressFree
Also on this page: Shelton rules · Mason County · Washington rules · common questions · what to check first
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A Bedder World Mattress Recycling - Shelton
Use our Shelton 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.
- Shelton 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 Shelton
Shelton’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.
Mason County Garbage collection under the City of Shelton contract (no bulky item price published)
Customers inside the City of Shelton limits, where garbage service is compulsory under SMC 8.08.030(A). This is the city contract schedule; the county's UTC-regulated rates apply only outside the city limits.
Conditions and source
Every-other-week garbage and every-other-week recycling; yard waste biweekly for an extra charge. Monthly, excluding taxes: 35 gallon $16.05, 64 gallon $22.83, 95 gallon $33.82, yard waste add-on $5.47. Extra garbage can or bag: $12.14 (35 gallon), $14.57 (65 gallon), $17.30 (95 gallon), $36.42 (300 gallon). Cart redelivery $11.24; return trips $14.52 to $22.50. Larger jobs go into drop boxes or dumpsters quoted by phone at 877-722-0223. Nothing in the City of Shelton schedule prices a bulky item, a large item or a mattress, and the schedule names no mattress. Separately, the City's own free Community Cleanup will not take one: "Mattresses/box springs" are on its not-accepted list.
Not confirmed: no bulky item, large item or mattress charge is published for City of Shelton customers
Not confirmed: the schedule does not say whether a mattress may be set out beside the cart at the extra-can rate
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 28, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Fee not published
Visit siteMason County Garbage bulky material collection (Washington UTC Tariff No. 15, Item 150)
Mason County Garbage's own statement of who it serves and under what rules: "We provide residential garbage service to residents of Mason County who live outside of the Shelton city limits under the rules and regulations of the Washington Utilities and Transportation commission. We provide residential and commercial garbage services in the City of Shelton under a contract with the City and ordinance Chaper 8.08 of the Shelton Municipal Code." The filed rates below therefore govern outside the Shelton city limits; inside the city the price is set by the city contract, which neither the company nor the city publishes.
The last date published for this was Oct 21, 2025, so it has passed.
Conditions and source
This is the rate on file with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission for anything too large for a cart on a regular route. Item 150 sets bulky materials at $31.52 per cubic yard for one to four cubic yards, $31.52 per additional cubic yard, a minimum charge of $35.53 per pickup, and a carry charge of $22.18 for each 5 feet over 8 feet — three times the carry charge filed in any of the other three counties here, which matters on a long private drive. A special trip is charged at the Item 160 time rates instead. The page was issued October 21, 2025 and takes effect January 1, 2026. Washington runs no statewide mattress program, so nothing free sits behind this rate.
- $35.53 — Minimum charge per pickup for bulky material on the regular route; $31.52 per cubic yard for one to four cubic yards, effective January 1, 2026.
- Plus $22.18 — Surcharge: carry charge for each 5 feet over 8 feet between the collection point and the truck.
Not confirmed: The tariff never names a mattress or a box spring. It is the filed price for bulky material, not a stated mattress policy.
Not confirmed: The filed rates apply outside the Shelton city limits. The company's rates inside the City of Shelton are set by its contract with the city and were not found published by either party.
Not confirmed: How a pickup is booked and how much notice is needed are not in the tariff, and no free allowance is filed.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 26, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Washington UTC — Mason County Garbage Co., Inc. (G-88) Tariff No. 15
$35.53
Visit siteA Bedder World collects from the curb too, or from any room in the house — see option 1.
3Drop-off options near Shelton
Places that accept mattresses if you can get it there yourself. Distance is measured from the center of Shelton. Some accept residents of their own city or county only, so check before you drive.
Cheapest
Eells Hill Transfer Station self-haul disposal (Mason County)
Mason County residents: the county states "The County operates 4 sites for refuse disposal and recycling drop off. Residents can take their household garbage and recyclables to any of the 4 sites." This is the only one of the four that takes commercial loads, construction debris and refrigerated appliances. Whether proof of residence is asked for is not published.
Conditions and source
Open daily 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., last customer through the gate at 4:45 p.m., at 501 W. Eells Hill Road, Shelton. The county's 2026 rates, adjusted from 2025 by 2.8% on the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue CPI, charge solid waste at $134.27 per ton with a minimum fee of $21.78 for 340 pounds, one 32-gallon can or bag at $7.27 rising to $18.83 for four, a "Misc. Large Bulky Item" at $7.27 plus the weight price, and an appliance containing refrigerant at $14.50 plus the weight price. Household hazardous waste is taken free on Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This is the cheaper of the county's two rate structures: at Belfair, Hoodsport or Union the floor is $27.54 rather than $21.78. The county's hauler says waste leaving this station is trucked to Chehalis and railed to the Roosevelt landfill at Goldendale.
- $7.27 — Each "Misc. Large Bulky Item", plus the weight price. The rate sheet does not say whether a mattress is one.
- $21.78 — Minimum fee for a load of 340 pounds or less (2026 rates) — the floor a single mattress falls under.
Not confirmed: The rate sheet does not name a mattress, so whether one is charged as a "Misc. Large Bulky Item" or simply weighed is not published.
Not confirmed: The "Misc. Large Bulky Item" line reads "$7.27 + Weight Price" and the sheet does not say whether that weight is billed against the $21.78 minimum or on top of it.
Not confirmed: The sheet does not say whether the 3.6% state refuse tax is added, although every other county sheet in this group states it.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 26, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Mason County Utilities and Waste Management — Garbage Disposal
Mason County — 2026 Disposal Rates (Eells Hill Transfer Station; Belfair, Hoodsport & Union)
$7.27plus $21.78 for the load or entry
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Belfair Drop Box self-haul disposal (Mason County)
Mason County residents, household loads only: "Commercial waste loads are not accepted at the three drop box facilities." Belfair, Hoodsport and Union also "do not accept construction debris of any kind" and "do not accept refrigerated appliances for disposal"; commercial loads go to Eells Hill instead.
Conditions and source
Open Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., last customer through the gate at 3:15 p.m., at 1611 NE Sandhill Road, Belfair. The three drop boxes share one 2026 rate structure, charged by volume rather than by weight: solid waste $27.54 per cubic yard, a minimum fee of $27.54 for up to six 32-gallon bags or the measured weight, one bag $7.27 rising to $23.96 for six, and "Misc. Large Bulky Items" $27.54. Belfair also takes scrap metal for a fee. The county's other two drop boxes carry the same rates: Hoodsport, 260 N Hoodsport Park Road, Friday through Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Union, 1391 E. Mcreavy Road, Saturday through Monday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. A mattress meets a $27.54 floor at any of the three, against $21.78 at Eells Hill, so the transfer station is the cheaper trip even where a drop box is nearer.
Not confirmed: The rate sheet does not name a mattress, so whether one is charged as a "Misc. Large Bulky Items" at $27.54 or measured by volume is not published.
Not confirmed: The sheet does not say whether the 3.6% state refuse tax is added.
Not confirmed: The county does not say whether an item the size of a mattress is accepted at an unstaffed drop box at all.
From the provider’s own page, checked Sep 26, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.
Mason County Utilities and Waste Management — Garbage Disposal
Mason County — 2026 Disposal Rates (Eells Hill Transfer Station; Belfair, Hoodsport & Union)
$27.54
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4Junk removal options serving Shelton
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
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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 Shelton
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 Shelton
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 Shelton itself says
What we established about this city in particular — including where it runs nothing of its own and residents have to look elsewhere.
- Not an option: Shelton runs a free city cleanup and a mattress is one of the things it will not take. The City's page describes the events as "for free disposal of one truckload of accumulated household garbage and trash. Not intended for commercial use." They are for Shelton residents only: attendees must provide "either a City of Shelton utility bill or an ID with an address in Shelton city limits." The spring 2026 event ran "Saturday, May 2 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Callanan Park (400 West E Street)." The page publishes no accepted-items list at all, only a list of what will not be taken, and "Mattresses/box springs" are on it by name — alongside Furniture, Refrigerators, Freezers, Washers and dryers, Construction/demolition debris, Tires, Car parts, TVs/computers/electronics, Hazardous waste, Latex paint and Ammunition/explosives. A Shelton resident who reads "free disposal of one truckload" and loads a mattress will be turned away at the gate. Source Not confirmed: the page does not say where the City suggests a mattress should go instead Not confirmed: no autumn 2026 cleanup date is published on this page
What Mason County offers
Established for the county as a whole, so it applies across Shelton and its neighbors.
- Mason County Garbage Co., Inc. holds Washington UTC permit G-88 and files Tariff No. 15, whose rate pages are headed "Rates below apply in the following service area: Mason County". Item 150 — Loose and Bulky Material sets Bulky Materials at $31.52 per cubic yard for 1 to 4 cubic yards, $31.52 per additional cubic yard, a minimum charge of $35.53 per pickup, and a carry charge of $22.18 "Per each 5 ft. over 8 feet"; company-loaded loose material is charged at the same rates. Special trips are charged at the Item 160 time rates instead. The page was issued October 21, 2025 and takes effect January 1, 2026. The carry charge is the highest of the four counties in this batch by a factor of three, which matters on Mason County's long private drives. Item 20 defines "Bulky materials" as "Empty carriers, cartons, boxes, crates, etc., or materials offered for disposal, all of which may be readily handled without shoveling." Source Not confirmed: The tariff nowhere names a mattress or a box spring, so whether one is collected as bulky material, and at how many cubic yards, is not published. Not confirmed: How a bulky pickup is booked, and how much notice is needed, is not in the tariff. Not confirmed: The tariff's rates govern the UTC-regulated territory only. The company's own site says service inside Shelton is under a contract with the city, whose rates are not in this filing.
- Mason County Garbage draws the line the tariff does not: "We provide residential garbage service to residents of Mason County who live outside of the Shelton city limits under the rules and regulations of the Washington Utilities and Transportation commission. We provide residential and commercial garbage services in the City of Shelton under a contract with the City and ordinance Chaper 8.08 of the Shelton Municipal Code." The same page traces where the waste goes: "Solid waste from the rest of Mason County is transported to the Transfer Station on EELLS Hill Road in Shelton, WA. Then it is trucked to Chehalis and placed on a train to the Roosevelt landfill in Goldendale, WA." On extras it says only "Please place extra garbage in a 32 gallon bag or garbage can with your address marked... There are charges for extra garbage", and the one oversize service it names free of charge is for cardboard. The company is a Waste Connections operation; nothing on its site states a price for a bulky item or a mattress. Source Not confirmed: The company publishes no rate for a bulky item or a mattress on its own site, and no rate at all for service inside the City of Shelton; the Shelton contract rates were not found published anywhere. Not confirmed: The waste route is the company's description of its own collected waste and does not necessarily describe self-hauled loads.
- The Washington UTC's service map list for Mason County names three certificated companies: Mason County Garbage Co., Inc. (G-088), whose Tariff No. 15 sets the county's filed bulky rate and which the county's own page names for curbside service anywhere in Mason County including Shelton, Harold LeMay Enterprises, Inc. (G-98), and Waste Management of Washington, Inc. (G-237), which files a Mason County map of its own. Source Not confirmed: The LeMay and WM Mason County territories and their bulky rates were not read, so only Mason County Garbage's filed rate is recorded here. Not confirmed: The UTC's maps are territory drawings; which company holds a given address is not readable from the page text alone.
- Mason County's Accepted Material page is an item-by-item list of what the county will and will not take, and a mattress appears nowhere on it. It cannot accept "Liquids, explosives, flammables or ammunition", dirt in quantity, "Biohazard, radioactive or medical wastes", biosolids or septage, and asbestos without advance approval. It can accept after preparation 55-gallon drums, animals or animal waste triple bagged, "Appliances, metal items, refrigerated units" with doors removed, demolition material with "Max size per piece 5' X 8'" and "No material can be longer than 8'", household hazardous waste, landscape waste "for recycling for a reduced rate", pressurized cylinders, certified-clean septic tanks, stumps and vehicle parts. Nothing in Mason County is published as recycling a mattress rather than burying it: the county's own route, in its hauler's words, ends at the Roosevelt landfill in Goldendale. Source Not confirmed: No mattress recycler, take-back or collection event was found anywhere in Mason County, and Washington runs no statewide mattress program behind it. Not confirmed: Because the page lists neither a mattress nor furniture in either column, it cannot be cited as the county accepting one — only as the county not excluding one.
- Mason County collects nothing at the curb. It operates the four disposal sites and points all collection at the certificated hauler: "For curbside service anywhere in Mason County including the City of Shelton call Mason County Garbage at (360) 426-8729 or toll free at 877-722-0223." That sentence is the county's own confirmation that the same company serves Shelton and the rest of the county, which its hauler qualifies by adding that inside the city limits it serves under a contract with the city rather than under its UTC tariff. There is no county bulky-item collection, no county large-item pickup and no county-wide free dump day or amnesty on any Mason County solid waste page. Source Not confirmed: No county-wide free dump day, amnesty event or disposal voucher was found on any Mason County page. Not confirmed: No county-wide donation outlet in Mason County was found publishing a policy on used mattresses either way.
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 Shelton
Is there free mattress disposal in Shelton?
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 Shelton?
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.