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Mattresses & Box Springs

Mattresses and box springs are made from cotton, wool, foam, or synthetic fill and often have metal springs for support. Boxsprings are usually hollow and made with a wooden frame wrapped in light padding and textiles.

Donate your mattress, box spring, or futon for reuse to your community before choosing recycling. Clean and dry pillows, mattress toppers, bed frames and bedlinens can also be donated for reuse.

Find collection sites at ByeByeMattress to recycle your mattress at no cost or to receive a small incentive payment.

Mattresses that are twisted, frozen, soaked in bodily fluids, or have living critters cannot be accepted for recycling and must be landfilled (see full list).
Have a new mattress being delivered? California law requires that retailers offer to take back your old mattress at no cost.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
1-800-Got-Junk (Concord) 1038 Shary Circle
Unit 7 		Concord Recycle Free Drop-off
Altamont Landfill (WM, Inc.) 10840 Altamont Pass Rd. Livermore Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Mattress recycling drop-off area
Bay Area Recycle P.O Box 4322 Walnut Creek Recycle Pick-up for a Fee Curbside pick up, no removal. Additional removal fees and travel fee.
Bay Area Scavenger & Recycling 11740 Berryessa Rd San Jose Recycle Free Drop-off Free drop off for residents and businesses from City of San Jose residents only. Limit: up to 10 units
Bee Green Recycling & Supply (Asphalt Shingle Recyclers) 5900 Coliseum Way
(Inert Debris & Green Waste Recycling) 		Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee No contaminated items, bed bugs, or blood
Berkeley Transfer Station 1201 2nd St. Berkeley Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee California residents may drop off up to two mattresses (including futon mattresses) or box springs at no charge. (ByeByeMattress states up to 6 units per day limit.) Commercial customers pay the standard rate for all mattresses and box springs.
Blue Line Transfer Station 500 East Jamie Court South San Francisco Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee ByeByeMattress (MRC) partner. Drop Off Limit: 4 units per day. Service Type: free drop-off for residents; allows business drop-offs but fees apply. ! Fees: Fees will apply if mattresses and box springs are brought in with other items.
ByeByeMattress Location Finder 501 Wythe Street Alexandria Recycle Free Drop-off, Buyback Drop-off Search the website for Event Locations, Collections Sites, and Recycling Facilities near you in California. A $3 incentive per unit is available at select locations. It is limited to 5 units per vehicle per day. The incentive is only available for residents dropping off their household units. California residents can drop off their old mattresses, box springs, and futon mattresses (not the frames) at no-cost at a participating collection site or event. Unit limits vary by location and a residency restrictions may apply. We recommend contacting the location prior to drop-off.
Commercial Waste & Recycling - C&D, Inerts & landscape yard 725 Independent Road Oakland Recycle Drop-off for a Fee includes hide-a-bed furniture
Contra Costa Transfer & Recovery Station (CCTRS) 951 Waterbird Way Martinez Recycle Drop-off for a Fee
Davis Street (WM) Resource Recovery Complex (Transfer Station) 2615 Davis St. San Leandro Recycle Free Drop-off, Drop-off for a Fee Mattress recycling drop-off area. free drop-off for businesses, free drop-off for residents. ByeByeMattress (MRC) collection partner (free drop-off) of up to 5 mattresses per day. (For Oakland residents discarding other bulky items with mattresses, reservations are required. To schedule drop-off or curbside pickup learn more about expanded services and make an appointment online at https://www.oaklandrecycles.com/bulky-service/)
DR3 Mattress Recycling (Stockton) 3837 Producers Dr
Suite 500 		Stockton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee, Pick-up for a Fee, Buyback Drop-off $10 fee per mattress/box spring/futon mattress (2025). Call first for large load drop off.
DR3 Mattress Recycling (Woodland) 1233 Commerce Ave Woodland Recycle Free Drop-off, Pick-up for a Fee We can accept delivery of beds using your equipment or place a trailer on your site to collect mattresses and boxsprings.
EcoCycle Solutions 1025 47th Ave Oakland Recycle Free Drop-off ByeByeMattress collection center. Free mattress drop off from Alameda County businesses and residents
EcoHaul 636 F Street Petaluma Recycle Pick-up for a Fee
Ecumenical Hunger Program 2411 Pulgas Ave East Palo Alto Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Currently accepting donations of only food, toiletry, household cleaning and gift card and new/packaged items due to the COVID-19 crisis. 
Facebook Buy Nothing Groups 1 Hacker Way Menlo Park Reuse Free Pick-up
FreeCycle The Freecycle Network
PO Box 294 		Tuscon Reuse Free Pick-up
Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station 41149 Boyce Rd. Fremont Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate for mattress drop-off area. Fee for non-residents and businesses. Free drop off from Residents of Fremont. ByeByeMattress (MRC) Program. Limit: up to 4 units per vehicle per day from residents. To qualify for a free drop-off, your load cannot be commingled with any other waste. Commingled loads are subject to our posted fees.
Golden Bear Transfer Station 1 Parr Blvd. Richmond Recycle Drop-off for a Fee

Curbside Service

Bulky Pickup Note
Alameda
Contact ACI at (510) 483-1400 for for a bulky pick-up.
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Albany
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Berkeley
Twin, full, queen, or king; box springs, futon mattress (no frames), or memory foam mattresses only. Property owner calls 510-981-7270. See website for details.
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Castro Valley Sanitary District
Separate and label good/working condition items for donation as part of your Bulky & Reuse Pick-up set out.
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Dublin
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Emeryville
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Fremont
In addition to collection as part of Bulky Pick-up, residents can drop off up to four mattresses and/or box springs for free at the Fremont Recycling and Transfer Station, 41149 Boyce Road.
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Hayward
Bulky pick up and Disposal Days drop-off option.
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Hayward (Oro Loma - L2)
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Livermore
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Newark
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Oakland
4 Mattresses or box springs for bulky pick up set out. For the free Bulky Drop-off, there is no mattress/box spring limit, just a 4 cubic yard cap on total materials.
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Piedmont
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Pleasanton
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San Leandro
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San Leandro (Oro Loma - L3)
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San Lorenzo (Oro Loma)
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Unincorporated Oro Loma (L1)
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Union City
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