How to get rid of a mattress in Bristol, WI.

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.

• Not an option: Bristol's own Recycling Center at 8101 195th Avenue, Bristol, WI 53104, states a closed list of what it takes, and a mattress is outside it. In the Village's own words, "The Center will accept brush, leaves, waste oil, anti-freeze, scrap steel and used clothing only." The word "only" is the Village's. There is no bulky-waste, furniture or bedding category and no posted per-item fee, so a resident with a mattress should not drive to the Village center for it. The site is open "7 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday," with "April through November: 1st and 3rd Saturday 9 am to 12" and "1st and 3rd Weds. 3 pm to 6 pm," and "December through March : 1st Saturday." Neighboring Somers sends its own residents to the Village of Bristol waste oil and antifreeze collection location under Section 20.14 of the Somers code, so the site is not restricted to Bristol residents for those materials. Source
• A mattress is neither named nor excluded on the hauler's Bristol bulk item list, and no bulk price is published for Bristol anywhere. The itemized list on Johns Disposal Service's Bristol page runs from furniture through construction materials and never mentions a mattress or box spring in either direction, while requiring that "All items must weigh no more than 50 lbs and be easily manageable by one person." The page prices only the separate electronics pickup, and the Village of Bristol publishes no bulk fee of its own, so what a Bristol resident pays for a bulk collection, if anything beyond the garbage charge, is not established. Source Not confirmed: Whether a mattress qualifies for the monthly bulk collection in Bristol is not established: the hauler's itemized Bristol list neither names nor excludes mattresses, and every item it names must weigh no more than 50 pounds Not confirmed: No bulk collection price is published for Bristol by either the Village or its hauler Not confirmed: The Village of Bristol does not publish its code of ordinances online, so its set-out window and any dumping penalty could not be read

• 7 Rivers lists W6833 Industrial Blvd., Onalaska WI 54650 and phone (507) 205-2082. Operator describes recovering steel, foam and fibers from mattresses. Name and full address support the original national-directory facility identity; directory phone 608-783-6727 x103 differs. Source
• DNR RID=104 Rodefeld record FID 113127300 lists 1919 Alliant Energy Center Way, Madison 53713-1400, while county landfill page gives customer location 7102 Maahic Way, Madison 53718. Preserve both; registry address may be administrative but that explanation is not verified. Source
• La Crosse FAQ directs arrivals to 3240 Berlin Drive; DNR RID=104 FID 632063630 lists 3200 Berlin Dr, La Crosse 54601-1818. Keep source-address discrepancy explicit rather than overwriting either. Source
• Wisconsin DNR list of materials banned from landfills/incinerators (containers, cardboard, paper, #1-2 plastics, electronics, lead-acid batteries, major appliances, oil filters/waste oil, tires, yard waste) does not include mattresses. Source
• Wisconsin DNR: residents find their local recycling 'responsible unit' via an RU contact list, an RU map (experience.arcgis.com/experience/e2a75fccdc834fd5be13acd9fede067f) or a municipality-to-RU lookup. Source