How to get rid of a mattress in Windsor, 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.

• Windsor's codified Chapter 44 Solid Waste sets the set-out window and points oversized items at either the hauler or the Village's own recycling center. Section 44-34 reads: 'All solid waste and recyclables shall be placed for collection, with unobstructed access, as required in this article at the specified collection point no sooner than 24 hours prior to the regularly scheduled collection time. Empty containers shall not be allowed to remain at the curb longer than 12 hours thereafter,' and '(c) All solid waste and recyclables shall be placed at curb by 6:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day, unless otherwise specified.' Section 44-38 keeps a mattress out of the weekly cart and gives two routes instead: it is unlawful for a household on residential collection service 'to leave out for regular collection special haul items as defined in this chapter'; 'Any resident wishing to dispose of major appliances and oversized items shall contract with the Town's solid waste contractor for disposal'; and 'In the alternative, residents may deliver special haul items, major appliances and oversized items to the specified container at the Town recycling center.' The definitions in § 44-33 are broad: 'Special haul items. Body waste, dead animals, large vehicle parts, large equipment, large appliances, large discarded furniture and bulky construction and demolition waste shall be considered items subject to special haul services and charges and are not considered residential waste subject to regular weekly collection'; 'Oversized. A size larger than routinely collected by the Town's solid waste contractor'; and 'Bulky waste. Items whose large size precludes or complicates their handling by normal collection, processing, or disposal methods.' Section 44-34 also bars setting out someone else's waste: 'No person shall place for collection any garbage at the curb not owned or occupied by such person.' The chapter still says 'Town' throughout because it was adopted by Ord. No. 94-3 of December 15, 1994, when Windsor was a town; the Village's own ordinances page warns that 'Our vendor, CivicPlus Municode Codification, is approximately one-year behind in updating the Windsor Code of Ordinances.' Source Not confirmed: Chapter 44 names no mattress and sets no dollar figure for a special haul item; the mattress price comes from the hauler's price list for Windsor.
• There is no separate Town of Windsor to call. Wisconsin's Municipal Boundary Review record for Dane County describes 'an incorporation of the whole Town of Windsor, Dane County as a village under the provisions of WI Stats. s.66.02162(5)', approved at a referendum on November 3, 2015 and effective November 9, 2015. Every Windsor address in Dane County is therefore in the Village of Windsor, and the Village office at 608-888-0066 is the right number for refuse questions the hauler cannot answer. Source

• 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