How to get rid of a mattress in Caledonia, 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.

• Caledonia's code sets the curb window and bars waste brought in from outside the village. Code of Ordinances § 8-3-3(a) provides that 'Solid waste and recyclable materials shall be placed at the roadside for collection by 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled day of collection but no sooner than 15 hours before 7:00 a.m. of such day,' which is no earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day before, and § 8-3-3(b) requires containers and equipment to be removed from the roadside within 12 hours after collection. Section 8-3-2 makes it 'unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to place, deposit or cause to be deposited, for collection, any waste or refuse not generated within the corporate limits' — so a resident of a neighboring town may not set a mattress out on a Caledonia curb. Section 8-3-1(a) declares an accumulation of garbage or trash that becomes noxious, breeds flies or rodents or is otherwise injurious to public health a nuisance, and § 8-3-1(b) provides that 'No person shall dump or deposit any refuse along any public right-of-way or in any Town park or property, except in authorized collection containers.' The chapter's recycling ordinance, § 8-3-4, is administered by the Village Engineer. Source Not confirmed: The code sets no bulk or special-pickup rule and no fee: the allowance and the terms live in the Village's contract with Johns Disposal, not in the ordinance. Not confirmed: The codified text still says 'Town of Caledonia' and 'Town park' in places although Caledonia is a village, which the Village has not corrected in the code. Not confirmed: The penalty amount for a § 8-3-1 or § 8-3-2 violation is not set in this chapter; it is carried by the general citation procedure in Title 1, Chapter 1-2.
• Caledonia's dumping ordinance names bedding by category, which is rare and directly on point for a mattress. Code of Ordinances § 8-1-1(a) makes it 'unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to deposit or cause to be deposited on any public highway, park, or public lands within the Town of Caledonia any garbage, offal, ashes, rubbish, refuse, junk, cinders, earth, carcasses, manure, or any animal or vegetable waste from any source whatever.' Subsection (b) then defines the terms used: 'For the purpose of this Section, the terms rubbish and refuse shall mean paper, rags, wood, glass, crockery, packing materials, tree branches, yard trimmings, used furniture, bedding, tin cans, discarded articles and machines, and other household and business waste not classified as garbage.' Used furniture and bedding therefore fall within the section's own definition of what may not be deposited, so leaving a mattress on a Village road, in a park or on public land is an ordinance violation in its own words. The section was adopted by Ordinance No. 2009-10 on November 3, 2009. Source Not confirmed: The section states the prohibition but sets no forfeiture amount of its own; the penalty runs through the Village's general citation procedure in Title 1, Chapter 1-2. Not confirmed: The codified text says 'Town of Caledonia' although Caledonia is a village.

• 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