Mattresses in Georgia
These are the Georgia place guides for this item.
Place guides
- Alpharetta
Wrapped mattresses and box springs are acceptable bulk waste items.{{C:1}}
- Athens
Athens-Clarke County picks up mattresses as bulky waste by request, with no fee for four pickups a year of up to 5 items each.
- Atlanta
- Augusta
Residential customers get weekly bulk waste collection; mattresses are a common example of bulk waste. Fees for compliant bulk waste collection are included in the annual solid waste collection fees.{{C:1}}
- Canton
No fee shown; call Public Works to schedule a mattress as a bulky item, once a month per home
- Catoosa County
Mattress or box spring: $33.25 each; a regulatory fee of 4.25% of the total charge is added.{{C:1}}
- Dalton
Free: up to two cubic yards of bulky refuse every two weeks, mattresses included, with advance authorization
- East Point
East Point's bulk amnesty program gives two free pickups a year, and mattresses are a permitted item; call Solid Waste Services to schedule (from image on official page).
- Hinesville
Items picked up include furniture such as mattresses, dressers, chairs and couches.{{C:1}}
- Jackson County
Individual item disposal: furniture such as couches and mattresses, $4 per item.{{C:1}}
- Lawrenceville
Large Item (Bulk) Pick-up includes mattresses. The sanitation service includes two FREE large item pick-ups per week; schedule online or call Customer Service at 678-407-6675.{{C:1}}
- Marietta
Mattress or box spring: $5 twin, $10 full, $15 queen, $20 king, each.{{C:2}}
- Rockdale County
The Recycling Center takes mattress sets, limit one per household per week.
- Roswell
Roswell picks up mattresses through its Large Item Pickup Program for $38.12 per item.
- Savannah
Mattresses are bulk items. Place them neatly at the curb with your cart before 7:00 a.m. on your scheduled trash day; no scheduling is required. No fee is shown for this.{{C:1}}
- Smyrna
Smyrna picks up mattresses as large items by work order for $30.00 per item.
- Spalding County
No. Mattresses are not taken at collection centers; they may be taken to the City of Griffin Transfer Station at 1515 Industrial Drive.
- Bartow County
First ton per load free for residents; 4 mattresses per year before the $22.05 charge
- Cherokee County
Take it to the County Recycling Center on Blalock Road ($20 per mattress; see below)
- Clayton County
Mattresses are limited to five per visit and cost $10 each, on top of the dumping fee (fee from a 2016 source, confirm before going).
- Coweta County
Mattresses and box springs are $20 each at the Transfer Station (fees effective January 2).
- DeKalb County
The County collects mattresses on request as bulky items; its page marks bulky items "Fee Required" without listing an amount, so ask when you request
- Fayette County
Mattresses are $20 each at the Fayette County Transfer Station, 211 First Manassas Mile Road, Fayetteville.
- Floyd County and Rome
The Rome-Floyd Recycling Center never accepts mattresses or furniture; take them to the Walker Mountain Landfill, (706) 291-4512.
- Hall County
Take it to the County Landfill ($10 per mattress plus load fee; see below)
- Macon-Bibb County
In Macon-Bibb County, Ryland collects bulk waste such as old mattresses every other week on your garbage day; check the map for your day.
- Newton County
With a hang tag, you may drop off one large bulk item (such as a mattress, box spring, sofa or chair) per month at a convenience center after the attendant completes paperwork.
- Paulding County
A $10.00 surcharge per mattress or box spring, plus the load fee ($20 minimum up to 500 pounds).
- Walton County
Mattresses and box springs are $10 each at the Recycling Center, limit two per customer at a time.
- Whitfield County
Mattresses, sofas and other bulky waste are accepted at all four convenience centers (Whitfield County households only).