We pick up old mattresses and box springs from any room in the house and take them where they can be recycled. One mattress or a whole stack from a rental turnover, we carry them out so you don’t have to wrestle them down the stairs.
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Yes. California runs a statewide mattress recycling program called Bye Bye Mattress, run by the Mattress Recycling Council. Participating drop-off sites must take mattresses from individuals for free, though they can limit how many per vehicle. The catch: they don’t have to accept mattresses that are severely damaged, wet, frozen, soiled or have bed bugs (per the program rules). Those go to the landfill instead.
If you’d rather haul it yourself, these are the local options we confirmed on official pages:
| Area | Mattress option | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Gilroy | Two free mattress recycling drop-offs a year through Recology’s collection events (2026 service guide). | (408) 842-3358 |
| Gilroy & Morgan Hill | Rosso Furniture Warehouse in Morgan Hill takes mattresses free on Wednesdays, 12–4 p.m., per the City of Gilroy. Call first. | (408) 842-2800 |
| San Jose | City junk pickups take mattresses curbside, with no limit on the number of pickups. GreenWaste Zanker takes the first 4 mattresses free, then $20 each. | 311 or (408) 535-3500 |
| Sunnyvale SMaRT Station | For Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Mountain View, Cupertino, Los Altos, Palo Alto and Milpitas residents. Recyclable mattresses aren’t charged; others are $21 each, up to 10 per visit. | (408) 752-8530 |
| Fremont | Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station: free for Fremont residents, up to 4 per vehicle per day. | (510) 252-0500 |
| Hollister & San Benito County | John Smith Road Landfill: free for county residents, up to 5 per household per day, with ID and proof of address. | (831) 637-4515 |
| Santa Cruz | City Resource Recovery Facility on Dimeo Lane: free for City of Santa Cruz households, up to 5 per visit. | (831) 420-6108 |
| Watsonville & Aptos | County Buena Vista Landfill charges $7.25 per mattress. Watsonville residents can also put a mattress in their city bulky pickup. | (831) 454-5153 |
| Salinas & Monterey County | Free for up to 5 from a residence at the Madison Lane Recycling Center in Salinas and Johnson Canyon Landfill, and 10 or fewer at ReGen Monterey (see our Monterey Dump Guide). | (831) 424-5520 |
| Los Banos | Billy Wright Landfill: residents can bring up to 10 free, then $5 each. | (209) 826-1163 |
Sources: Recology South Valley 2026 Gilroy guide; City of Gilroy; City of San Jose; GreenWaste Zanker rates (Feb 2025); City of Sunnyvale SMaRT rates (Aug 2026); StopWaste; Waste Connections; City of Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz County 2026-27 rates; County of Monterey and Mattress Recycling Council (Sept 2026); Merced County RWA.
It depends on how many, the sizes, and where they are in the house. Adding the frame and other items on the same trip usually costs less than a separate visit. Text a photo to (408) 310-0246 for a price before we start.
Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Martin.
San Jose, Santa Clara, Campbell, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Milpitas and Fremont.
Hollister, San Juan Bautista and Tres Pinos.
Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Aptos, Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula.
Clearing out the whole bedroom? See furniture removal and house cleanouts.
Yes. Box springs, metal and wood frames, headboards and bunk beds.
Tell us before we come. It needs to be sealed in plastic, and recycling sites won’t accept it, so it goes to a landfill. We’ll plan the job around that.
No. We carry it out from wherever it is.
When they’re in recyclable condition, yes. Wet, soiled or damaged mattresses can’t be recycled under the state program’s rules and go to a licensed landfill.
