Poway, CA Mattress Removal & Recycling

Mattress removal in Poway, CA

Booking takes about a minute. Pick your items and a pickup day, put the mattress out that morning, and we'll load it and take it away. Most of our Poway pickups are curbside, so there's nothing to wrap and no trip to make.

From there it goes to our local recycling facility, where our team takes it apart by hand. The foam gets baled for carpet padding, the steel springs go to scrap processors, and box-spring wood gets chipped. Here's the whole process if you want to see it.

How it works

1. Book online.

   Pick your items and a pickup day. Takes about a minute, and you see the price before you confirm.

2. Put it at the curb.

   Leave it out on your pickup day. No bagging, no wrapping, no plastic required.

3. We arrive.

   Our team shows up in your window and texts you when they're about thirty minutes out.

4. We recycle it.

   Your mattress goes to our local recycling facility and gets taken apart by hand. You'll get a confirmation once it's done.

Our Team in Action

Real pickups and recycling

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Areas we serve in Poway

We pick up anywhere in Poway, including:

Poway and California mattress disposal rules

Booking with us? You can skip this part. Everything below is for handling it yourself — Poway's rules, the fees and the drop-off options. If we're doing the pickup, the regulations and the recycling are ours to deal with: you leave it at the curb and we take it from there.

1. What Poway asks for if you use city pickup

   These are EDCO Disposal's requirements, not ours — they apply if you're putting the mattress out for the city rather than booking a pickup with us.

   • Mattresses (please wrap prior to setting out - special mattress disposal bags can be purchased at hardware stores, i.e. Home Depot, Lowe’s, etc.).
   • EDCO Disposal says: “We will collect the items at curbside”.
   • On what they won't take at the curb: Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) • Electronics • Flourescent Light Bulbs • Pharmaceuticals, Medical Waste or Needles • Automobile Parts, including motor oil, oil filters, batteries, and tires • Construction and Demolition Debris • Concrete, Rocks, Brick or Dirt.

   The city's own pages disagree on this one. One says Furniture Carpet Refrigerators Freezers Ranges Microwaves Water Heater Rugs Book Shelves Washers & Dryers Mattresses; EDCO's Poway bulky-item pickup page says Furniture Scrap metal Stoves Refrigerators Air conditioners Microwave ovens Water heaters One television or computer monitor. Worth the phone call before you put it out. the second page

   The city's own pages disagree on this one. One says poway residents will receive two free cleanup coupon each year to dispose of large, unwanted items at the Ramona Disposal Transfer Station or the Escondido Resource Recovery facility on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:00 am-4:30 p.m.; the City of Poway's Semi-Annual Self-Haul Coupon page says the first coupon is valid between May 1 and August 31. The second coupon is valid between September 1 and November 30. Worth the phone call before you put it out. the second page

   The city's own pages disagree on this one. One says poway residents will receive two free cleanup coupon each year to dispose of large, unwanted items at the Ramona Disposal Transfer Station or the Escondido Resource Recovery facility on Saturdays and Sundays from 7:00 am-4:30 p.m.; the City of Poway's What Goes Where page says the spring self-haul event takes place between each April and June, and the fall self-haul event takes place between each October and December. Worth the phone call before you put it out. the second page

   EDCO Disposal — collection instructions

2. Can you take a mattress to the landfill near Poway?

   You can, but check the price first — it is usually more than a pickup costs. Republic Services – Sycamore Landfill in Santee does take mattresses — fees will apply if mattresses and box springs are brought in with other items per mattress or box spring. Either way you need a truck and the drive out to Santee, and a pickup from us is $89 and comes to you.

   Republic Services – Sycamore Landfill — disposal fees

Other ways to get rid of a mattress in Poway

If you'd rather do it yourself, here are your other options in Poway. Each one links to the official page so you can check hours and fees before you go.