Yes! You can recycle your mattresses and box springs – absolutely free.
The State of California participates in a mattress recycling program called Bye Bye Mattress. The program was established by law and is operated by Mattress Recycling Council, a nonprofit that uses a recycling fee collected on each new mattress and box spring sold ($11), to make recycling easier in our communities
Options for free mattress and box spring recycling include:
Retailer takes your old one away when they deliver your new mattress.
Did you buy a new mattress? California’s law requires retailers that are delivering new mattresses to offer consumers the option to have a used mattress picked up at the time of delivery, at no additional cost. Mattresses delivered by common carrier like UPS or FedEx are not under this obligation. Retailers can refuse to take back a used mattress if it poses a health or safety risk.
Curbside Bulky Waste Pickup Service
Do you subscribe to a regular weekly garbage and recycling pick up service? They may offer a free pickup of bulky items, right from your curb.
GreenWaste Recovery
Republic Services
Recology
Monterey City Disposal
City of Santa Cruz
City of Watsonville
Waste Management, Inc.
Tri-Cities Disposal
Take it to a Participating recycling facility, or community-sponsored event.
Residents can drop off their old mattress at no cost at a participating collection site or recycling facility. There are usually limits per person, per day, and fees for businesses may apply.
Participating recycling facilities in our area:
MONTEREY COUNTY
Johnson Canyon Landfill & Recycling Center
31400 Johnson Canyon Rd.
Gonzales, CA 93926
Sun Street Transfer Station & Recycling Center
139 Sun St.
Salinas, CA 93901
Jolon Road Transfer Station
52654 Jolon Rd.
King City, CA 93930
ReGen Monterey
14201 Del Monte Blvd.
Marina, CA 93933
SAN BENITO COUNTY
The John Smith Road Landfill
2650 John Smith Road
Hollister, CA 95023
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Ben Lomond Transfer Station
9835 Newell Creek Rd, Ben Lomond, CA 95005
Dimeo Lane Landfill
605 Dimeo Ln.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
City of Watsonville Transfer Station
320 Harvest Drive
Watsonville , CA 95076
Buena Vista Landfill
1231 Buena Vista Dr.
Watsonville, CA 95076
Or find one nearest you at Byebyemattress.com
Save Resources
The Bye Bye Mattress program converts your old product from waste to recycling. Old mattresses are recycled into new, useful products.
Extend Landfill Life
Our landfills are less crowded as old mattresses are diverted to recycling.
Prevent Illegal Dumping
Free options for disposal may help prevent desperate measures of dumping mattresses illegally. Illegal dumping comes at great costs to the community, including public health impacts from erosion, storm drain backups that flood communities; enabling diseases spread by rodents and other pests it attracts, and by mosquitoes that breed in standing water it collects. People caught littering can receive fines up to $1,000, and in the end, we all pay for the cleanup costs.
Please Recycle Your Mattresses and Box Springs!