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

Bedding is named by the Village: 'Each scheduled pick may include multiple items. Bulk collection includes furniture, appliances (white goods, including freon), bedding, carpeting, and other large items.' Waste oil, automotive antifreeze, lead acid batteries and tires are included, as are extra household garbage in resident-owned cans and extra recycling in bins or clear plastic bags. Construction materials in 32-gallon cans weighing less than 60 pounds are included, with no limit on the number of cans, but no loose construction materials. Tires are limited to eight small vehicle tires per home per year. Household electronics are included at a maximum of one per pickup, in place of a bulk garbage or recycling item, up to two a year. Items should be placed on the curb no earlier than the night before the scheduled pick-up, and the hauler asks that nothing go out until the collection is booked. The Village warns that 'Bulk items should not be left on the curb. Please call Johns for special pick up. Properties with bulk items left on the curb will receive a letter of violation and possible citation,' and that if items are left unscheduled the Village may call to have them collected and that will count against the household's monthly pick-up. The hauler applies a blanket rule to its accepted list: all items must weigh no more than 50 pounds and be easily manageable by one person. Village Code § 186-7C(1)(f) provides that no residential unit may set out as garbage anything that does not fit in the cart, and that the household 'may contract with the Village contractor, or a contractor of its choosing, at its own expense, for the disposal of oversized and bulk items.'

Not confirmed: No price is published for a bulk pick-up. The Village does not call the service free, and its own code says oversized and bulk disposal is contracted by the household 'at its own expense', so the cost of a curbside mattress in Waterford is not established and the service must not be read as free.

Not confirmed: The Village names 'bedding' in its bulk list but never uses the word mattress or box spring, and the hauler's own Waterford list names neither.

Not confirmed: The hauler's 50-pound limit may bear on a mattress of 50 to 100 pounds; neither source says how it applies to bedding.

Not confirmed: It is not stated whether a mattress and its box spring would use one monthly pick-up or two.

Not confirmed: No outcome is published: neither the Village nor the hauler 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.

Village of Waterford, WI — Garbage & Recycling

Johns Disposal Service — Waterford, Village

Village of Waterford, WI Code — Ch. 186 Solid Waste, Art. I: Garbage and Refuse (§§ 186-1 to 186-8)