How to get rid of a mattress in Sultan, 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.

• The City of Sultan's current utility rate page does not include garbage. Under "Utility Service" it says "The City of Sultan provides water, sewer, and stormwater management utility services where available," and the "Current Rates 2026" table lists only "Water (includes 300 Cubic Feet) $63.56", "Sewer $111.19", "Storm Water $27.05", "Utility Taxes $10.48", "Total $212.28" and "Volume Rate per 100 CF* (Over 300 CF) $6.60", with links to water, sewer and stormwater rate detail. Bills are monthly. Source Not confirmed: Although Sultan's own FAQ says the city bills for garbage and recycling, the city's 2026 rate page lists no garbage rate at all, so no Sultan garbage or bulky price is published anywhere on the city site.
• Sultan's utility billing FAQ says the city does bill for refuse: "The City of Sultan bills monthly for the following services: Garbage; Recycling; Sewer; Stormwater; Water. Republic Services will bill you directly if you request yard waste services. You can contact Republic Services at 1-800-942-5965." Source Not confirmed: This conflicts with the city's own 2026 rate page, which prices only water, sewer and stormwater. Whichever is current, neither publishes a garbage rate, a bulky-item rate or a mattress charge.
• The City of Sultan announced in its own newsletter that it had stopped collecting: "GARBAGE SERVICE CHANGE COMING JANUARY 2021 — As of January 1, 2021, Republic Services will provide weekly collection of all garbage, recycling and compostable services for the City of Sultan. Residents will have either a Monday or Tuesday garbage/recycle pickup. All residents will receive a 32-gallon garbage cart unless the online form is completed and you choose to keep your current size. ... Please note: Garbage and Recycle Service is mandatory within Sultan City limits and Compostable Service is voluntary. For further information or questions, please contact Republic Services at 425.977.4125." Source Not confirmed: The newsletter announces no bulky-item or large-item arrangement as part of the changeover, and names no mattress option.
• Sultan's ordinance still reads as a city-run utility and contains no bulky-item provision. SMC 13.16.010 creates "a department which shall be known as the garbage collection and control department", 13.16.020 establishes "a mandatory solid waste disposal system within the city of Sultan which shall be operated and controlled through the garbage utility department" with relief only on annual application for "physical or financial hardship", and 13.16.040 requires that "Every owner or occupant of premises within the city of Sultan is required to use the garbage collection and disposal system provided by the city." The container and set-out rules are in 13.16.050: refuse must go in "a 64-gallon toter provided by the city of good repair or dumpsters with tight close-fitting lids", "Garbage cans may not exceed 64-gallon capacity, or weigh in excess of 120 pounds", "Cans shall be placed adjacent to the curb or a convenient location for collection", "All excess garbage must be placed in a prepaid garbage bag provided by the city" and "All animal waste shall be double-bagged and securely closed." Where a resident lets refuse pile up, 13.16.070 lets the city remove it and charge "the entire expense of the collection and removal thereof ... against such premises, and against the owner, or occupant thereof, in addition to the regular charge". SMC 13.16.090 makes it unlawful to put refuse in someone else's container without permission, and 13.16.150 sets the penalty: "Any person, firm or corporation violating the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $250.00." Rates "shall be set by separate ordinance and included as an attachment to the annual fee schedule adopted by city council" (13.16.140). Source Not confirmed: Chapter 13.16 has no bulky, oversized or special-pickup provision of any kind, so nothing in Sultan's ordinance provides for a mattress. The code also still says at 13.16.060 that residential collection "shall be made bi-weekly", which conflicts with the city's own 2021 announcement of weekly Republic collection.

• 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