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

Mattresses are named by the City. Under 'Acceptable Bulk Items' the City lists 'Furniture, bedding and mattresses'; carpeting no wider than four feet and rolled; extra garbage bags or garbage in personal cans; appliances; tires, two per home per month and eight a year; construction and demolition materials in 32-gallon or smaller cans weighing less than 60 pounds each, with no limit on the number of cans; large metal items; and humidifiers, dehumidifiers and water softeners. Under 'Unacceptable Bulk Items' it lists yard waste, hazardous materials and liquid paint, electronics, and loose bulk construction materials. Code § 265-3A(4) backs this up: 'Collection shall include the collection of televisions, couches, furniture, tables, other large items, building materials and any other items manageable by one person and not banned from landfill disposal as described by state law.' Major appliances, including freon units, do require prior arrangements through the contractor's office. Set-out, from § 265-3A(3) and the City page: no container may be placed at curbside, or at the alley's edge, more than 12 hours before collection day, and containers must be removed within 12 hours after collection; solid waste must be bagged or in cans no larger than 40 gallons next to the curb by 6:00 a.m., set within five feet of the edge of the road, and collection runs from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Code § 265-3A(6) bars anyone other than the City or its contractor from taking refuse set out at the curb, though residents may retrieve their own bulky items before collection. ASDA Enterprises is at 6320 McHenry Street, Burlington, telephone 262-539-2086.

Not confirmed: No price is published anywhere for a bulk mattress. The City's page states no charge and requires no booking, and the ordinance mandates the collection without setting a fee for it, but neither source says the service is free, and the City's solid waste page warns that 'Certain items require special advance arrangements or instructions for disposal (extra charges may apply)' without naming the items or amounts. The cost is therefore not established.

Not confirmed: No limit is published on the number of bulk items per collection, and it is not stated whether a mattress and its box spring count as one item or two.

Not confirmed: The ordinance's 'manageable by one person' test is not applied to a mattress in writing, and a mattress runs roughly 50 to 100 pounds.

Not confirmed: No outcome is published: neither the City nor its code says whether bulk items are landfilled or recycled.

Not confirmed: No wrapping, bagging or bed-bug rule is published for a mattress.

From the provider’s own page, checked Nov 6, 2026. Not confirmed by phone.

City of Burlington, WI — Refuse & Recycling

City of Burlington, WI Code — Ch. 265 Solid Waste, Art. II: Collection and Disposal (§ 265-3)