Mattress pickup and recycling
Mattress and Box Spring Removal in Phoenix
We carry mattresses, box springs and bed frames out of any room in your Phoenix home and take them to recycling where they qualify. Free estimates, Monday to Saturday.
What it covers
Mattress removal in Phoenix
Mattress removal is the crew carrying mattresses, box springs and bed frames out from any room and taking them to recycling or disposal. That is the work EJ Junk Removal does across Phoenix, Arizona: you show us the bed, and we take it from there. It is full-service removal, so nobody has to drag a bulky king-size mattress down the hall or wrestle it out to the curb first. The crew comes inside, lifts it where it sits and carries it out, whether that is an upstairs bedroom, a guest room or the garage where the old mattress has leaned since the last move.
Most mattress removal jobs are small projects: one bed after a new one arrives, a pair of twin sets from a kids' room, or a mattress and box spring left behind after a move. Others ride along with bigger junk removal services, and the same crew handles both. A call or a few pictures sent by text is enough for a free estimate, and we quote the whole job before we start. Free estimates come with no obligation, and we answer the phone or call back the same working day.
Across the trade, a same-day service counts among the add-on charges, so we tell you on the call what applies to your date. Once the truck pulls away you reclaim the bedroom, the closet or the garage floor in Phoenix, and the mattress is on its way to recycling or disposal instead of sitting by the curb.
What we pick up
Mattresses and box spring pickup
The crew picks up mattresses of every size along with their box springs. Twin, full, king and California king sets all leave the same way, and the frame, the rails and the headboard ride in the same job so the room is cleared in one visit. The pieces a mattress pickup includes are these.
- Mattresses
- Box springs
- Bed frames
- Headboards
Clients often ask whether a junk removal company will haul a mattress on its own, and the answer is yes: a single mattress is a job we pick up as readily as a bedroom set. Pieces that cannot be recycled or donated go to a transfer station, what most people call "the dump", so you never have to dispose of them yourself. Keeping the work affordable comes down to filling the trip, and any questions about what fits are quicker to settle on the phone with a removal company than to guess at.
Price, recycling and donation
How mattress pickup is priced
A mattress pickup is priced like other junk, by the space it takes in the truck, with extra charges for bed bug wrapping or stairs. Junk removal is priced mainly by volume, so one mattress is a single-item pickup, "just one thing" in the trade's shorthand, at the small end of the scale, while a full bedroom set takes more of the load. Across the trade, common add-on charges include bed bug wrapping, same-day service, stair carries, long carries, extra-heavy items and disassembly. A volume-based price usually covers the crew's labor, fuel to and from the job and disposal fees, so the cost of getting rid of the mattress properly sits inside the quote. Curbside pickup, where you leave the mattress at the curb first, is the cheapest service level available across the trade; carrying it out of the home is the full process. We give the estimate free from a photo or a call and keep the visit efficient.
Mattress recycling, piece by piece
A mattress is recycled by taking it apart by hand, the foam going to carpet padding, the steel springs to scrap and the box spring frame to chips. Each layer has a use once it is separated, so an old mattress that qualifies is broken down rather than buried. The Mattress Recycling Council is the industry body behind mattress recycling programs, and the hand teardown is the work those programs rest on. That is the eco friendly end for a mattress: the foam, the steel and the frame each become something else. On our side, the job is to sort the load efficiently, keeping mattresses fit for recycling apart from the bulk trash removal on the same truck. Booking is quick: tell us about access to the room when you book, and the crew arrives with the equipment the carry needs, whatever your removal needs are.
Mattress donation and condition
A mattress can be donated only when it is free of stains, tears, odors and any history of infestation. That standard rules out most mattresses that have been slept on for years, whatever their size, so condition is the first thing we ask about on the phone. A clean mattress in good condition, such as a guest bed that was hardly used, may be donated instead of recycled; one that fails the check goes to recycling or disposal. Telling us the condition up front keeps the removal fast, since the crew knows where each mattress is headed before it arrives. Whether we remove one bed or a bulk load from a residential move-out, the same check applies to every mattress, and sorting it right keeps disposal fees off a mattress that still has a use.
Infested mattresses
Bed bugs and wrapped mattresses
A mattress with bed bugs cannot be recycled or donated and puts the rest of the load at risk, so it is wrapped before it is moved. Sealed in heavy plastic, it travels without exposing the other items in the truck, and it goes to the landfill rather than to a recycler or a donation center. Some removal services will not take any item with a known or suspected bed bug infestation, so the rules are worth asking about before you book.
Across the trade, bed bug wrapping is a common add-on charge to a pickup. For the safety of the crew and of the next load, tell us when you call or text, and we are clear about how the mattress is handled and what the free quote covers; homeowners across Phoenix and the rest of our service area get the same straight answer. Leave the mattress where it is rather than forcing it into garbage bags yourself, and let the crew wrap it, which takes the stress of the job off you.
Getting it out
Carrying a mattress down stairs and through doorways
The crew carries mattresses down stairs and through narrow halls without marking door frames or floors. A trained crew protects floors when moving through tight spaces, doorways and stairs, and takes its time where the turn is tight. A carry runs in this order.
- When you contact us, we confirm the room, the floor and the route to the truck, so the schedule allows for stairs or a long carry.
- The crew walks the route first and clears things out of the path, from the bedroom door to the front step.
- Floors along the way are protected against damage before any heavy lifting starts.
- The mattress goes through each doorway and down the stairs on its edge, and the box spring and frame follow.
- The room is swept once the bed is gone.
The same care applies whether the mattress sits in a Phoenix two-story, a storage closet or the far end of the property, and the crew that carries it is fully insured.
Where we go
Mattress removal across the Phoenix area
Mattress removal reaches homes and businesses across Phoenix and the towns on the service area page. We serve the surrounding area of Maricopa County as a local crew, so a mattress pickup in central Phoenix and one in a neighboring town come with the same truck, the same friendly crew and the same quote process. Residential and commercial customers get the same service, from a single bed in a house to a stack of mattresses cleared from a property between tenants. Every town our junk removal truck reaches is named on the junk removal service area around Phoenix page. Request a time within our hours, Monday to Saturday, and if you are near the edge of the area we answer whether the route reaches you. It is the same junk pickup that clears a garage of tons of clutter, sized down to one bed, without the hassle of a borrowed truck, a trash day that will not take it or finding the space for it at the dump.
Good to know
More about mattress pickup
The questions below are answered briefly here and in full on their own pages. They come up when a mattress is part of something bigger, such as cleanouts before a move, or when you are weighing whether to haul it away yourself. Doing it yourself saves the labor charge but not the lifting, the truck or the trip, and our team is glad to help on the call with what the trash removal covers and how to leave the room clean, the same answers we give our neighbors across Phoenix.
Mattresses and dumpsters
Many dumpsters do not allow mattresses, which is one reason a crew pickup is often simpler. Televisions, tires, mattresses, batteries and propane tanks are among the items many dumpsters turn away, so a customer clearing household clutter from a house in the city can end up with the mattress as the one thing left over. For a customer weighing the two, which option fits the job is laid out in dumpster vs junk removal. A crew takes the mattress with anything else unwanted in one visit, and you need no tools or truck of your own when the new bed arrives.
Other junk we haul in the same load
The same load can take the other junk in the house, garage or yard, each job described on its own page. Trucks are measured by the cubic yard, and a mattress set leaves room for everything else that is unwanted. Homes and businesses can add any other junk to the load through Phoenix junk removal for homes. The other jobs the crew takes are these.
- Furniture removal
- Appliance removal
- Hot tub removal
- Debris removal
- Estate cleanouts
Adding them on the same day saves a second visit, and the same insured people do the cleanup, with appointments Monday to Saturday.
Stripping the bed before pickup
Yes, sheets and anything you want to keep should come off the bed before the crew arrives. Take off the mattress protector and the pillows too, and do not pile clothes or boxes on top, so the crews can carry it straight out. A broken frame can stay as it is, and the crew takes its pieces with the rest of the waste. One mattress sits inside a minimum load, the smallest priced load, so other large pieces you want gone can share that space.
Questions
Mattress disposal questions
How do you get rid of a double mattress?
A double mattress goes the same way as any other size: a crew carries it out and takes it to recycling, donation or disposal according to its condition. Mattress pickup is priced mainly by the space it takes in the truck, and the estimate is free.
Can I just throw my mattress in the dumpster?
Usually not, because many dumpsters do not allow mattresses, along with televisions, tires, batteries and propane tanks. A crew pickup takes the mattress away in one visit instead. How the two options compare is laid out in dumpster vs junk removal.
Why are mattresses not allowed in dumpsters?
Mattresses sit on the list of items many dumpsters exclude, with televisions, tires, batteries and propane tanks, so check the rules before you load one. A mattress also has a recycling path of its own, taken apart by hand for its foam, springs and frame. The full comparison is in dumpster vs junk removal.
What is the best way to get rid of old mattresses?
The best way depends on condition: a mattress free of stains, tears, odors and any history of infestation goes to donation, and most others go to recycling, where they are taken apart by hand. A mattress with bed bugs is wrapped before it is moved and goes to disposal. A crew pickup handles all three, carried out from any room.
Reviews
What Phoenix customers say
"The crew cleared years of boxes and an old couch out of our garage in one visit. The price they gave from our photos held on the day, and they swept the floor before they left."
"Our old spa had been dead for years. They cut it into pieces, carried it out through the side gate and left the pad swept clean."
"We were handling my mother's house from out of state. They sent photos of each room, set aside the papers they found and left the house ready to list."
Ready when you are
Call EJ Junk Removal for mattress pickup
Tell us the size, the room and the condition of the mattress, or text a photo, and we quote the whole job before we start. Every Phoenix, Arizona customer gets the same promises.
- Free, no-obligation estimates
- We answer the phone or call back the same working day
- We show up when we say we will
- We quote the whole job before we start, with no surprise charges after
- We clean up when the work is done
(602) 755-2001 · Monday to Saturday