How to get rid of a mattress in Racine, 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.

• Racine's Solid Waste page sets the set-out window and says where the bulky-item stickers come from. Carts and materials go to the curb or alley line by 7:00 a.m. on the collection day and no earlier than 4:00 p.m. the day before, and all containers must be removed by 7:00 p.m. on collection day. HBI stickers are only for bulky items that will not fit in the cart, such as furniture, mattresses and prepared carpet; ordinary bags do not need one. The curbside limit is five HBI items a week and they must be out by 7:00 a.m. Up to ten stickers are available at the City Clerk's Office, City Hall, 730 Washington Avenue, Room 103; the Pearl Street Facility at 9th and Pearl Street; and the Department of Public Works Field Office at 800 S. Marquette Street. Residents may also set out up to three black bags of no more than forty-two gallons beside a full cart; bags set out without a cart are not collected. If a household has more than five bulky items in a week, the page says the Pearl Street Facility accepts them at no charge on Saturdays under seasonal hours, or the items can be held and set out the following week with the stickers still attached. Source Not confirmed: The page lists where to get stickers and that up to ten are available, but states no price for them. Not confirmed: The page says surplus bulky items are accepted at no charge at the Pearl Street Facility on Saturdays but does not say whether mattresses are among the items that site takes; the 2026 calendar describes Pearl Street as the yard waste drop-off site, so the two statements are not reconciled on any city page we 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