How to Get Rid of a Mattress in Orlando, FL (City & Orange County)

✓ Last verified Oct 24, 2026 against official sources · see sources

First: are you in the City of Orlando or unincorporated Orange County?

This decides which pickup day you use. A mailing address that says "Orlando" doesn't mean you're inside city limits, so check:

• City residents: use the city's Do I Live in City Limits? map.
• Unincorporated county residents: the county's Collection Schedule lookup shows your garbage, recycling, yard waste and large-item days. Per the county, it only works for unincorporated residents who have blue-lid and green-lid roll carts.
• Other cities in Orange County (for example Winter Park, Apopka, Ocoee, Winter Garden or Maitland) aren't covered by either program on this page. Check your own city's website. We'll add guides for them later.

City of Orlando

Free curbside pickup, two items, on yard waste day. The city picks up some furniture, appliances and other large items free on your yard waste day, with no need to schedule. It takes up to two items, as long as they can be loaded into the truck by hand. Find your yard waste day.

Note on mattresses: the city's free-pickup list names appliances (refrigerators, dishwashers, washers and dryers), furniture ("sofas, chairs, dressers, TV consoles, or similar items") and other hand-loadable household items. It doesn't mention mattresses by name. We couldn't confirm from the city's page whether a mattress counts as one of the two free items. Call Solid Waste at 407.246.2314 or email swcustomersvc@orlando.gov to confirm.

How to set it out, per the city:

• Put items at the edge of your property, before the curb.
• Don't block the street, sidewalk, mailboxes, trees, poles, fire hydrants, storm drains or overhead utilities.
• The city's yard waste guidance says to have items out before 6 a.m. on pickup day. The large-item page doesn't give a separate set-out time.

Too big or heavy? Items that can't be loaded by hand need a claw truck. The city says the cost depends on what you're throwing away, and it will tell you if you need to call 407.246.2314 to schedule. The city doesn't publish a price list for this on the page we checked.

Clearing out a lot at once? The city also offers a roll-off dumpster and dumpster-bag pickup. Bag pickup costs $100 per bag and shows up on your OUC bill within 1–2 billing cycles. The city collects within 3–5 working days of your request. You supply the "dumpster-in-a-bag," and furniture is allowed in it.

Missed pickup? Report it online or call 407.246.2314.

Unincorporated Orange County

Curbside large-item pickup on your garbage day. Orange County collects items too large for the garbage cart, including furniture, mattresses, appliances, TVs and up to four passenger car tires, on the same day as garbage.

• Set it out no earlier than 6 p.m. the night before and no later than 6 a.m. on collection day.
• Limit: 3 cubic yards per household per week, about the size of three stoves.
• Don't mix large items with garbage, recycling or yard waste. Keep them away from meters and utility boxes.
• Crews have until 8 p.m. to finish routes.
• Questions or a missed pickup: 407-836-6601 or Solid.Waste@ocfl.net. The county says items reported missed before 11 a.m. are usually collected the same day.
• Curbside service is billed with your property taxes.

Heads up: the schedule changed. On December 29, 2025, the county moved recycling and yard waste to a different day from garbage and large items. Older guides, and some older county pages, still say large items go out on yard waste day. Look up your current days.

Donate it, if it's in good shape

The Mustard Seed of Central Florida sanitizes donated mattresses and gives them to families recovering from homelessness, disasters or personal crises.

• Drop-off: 12 Mustard Seed Ln, Orlando, FL 32810, Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
• Condition: no rips, stains, tears or odors. Warehouse staff can turn away damaged mattresses.
• Accepted: twin, full, queen and king mattresses and box springs, cribs and crib mattresses, adjustable metal bed frames, and inflatable air mattresses in good condition.
• Not accepted: hospital beds or mattresses, water beds, mechanical beds with electric parts, headboards and footboards, and day, trundle or bunk beds.
• Pickup: they only pick up a mattress if you're also donating other furniture. Call (407) 875-2040 to schedule.

Haul it to the landfill yourself

Orange County Landfill, 5901 Young Pine Road, Orlando, FL 32829 · (407) 836-6601

• Public hours: Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas.
• Small-vehicle drop-off area: vehicle plus trailer must be under 30 feet combined. Unloading is by hand only.
• Payment: check, cash or any major credit card.

Fees (effective October 1, 2026): the minimum charge is $10. Fees are by weight:

The county's rate table doesn't list mattresses by name. Ask the scale house which rate applies. Cover and secure your load, because uncovered loads are charged double.

Transfer stations: Porter (1326 Good Homes Rd, 32818) and McLeod Road (5000 L.B. McLeod Rd, 32811) are open to the public Monday–Saturday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. The county lists Class III material (which includes furniture) as only accepted at the Landfill, so call 407-836-6601 before taking a mattress to a transfer station.

Searching online? Pages about Orange County, California (its landfills offer free mattress recycling) often show up in results. Those programs don't apply in Orange County, Florida.

Pay someone to take it

If you can't lift it, or the city or county won't take it, a junk-removal service will haul it away for a fee. We haven't verified prices for Orlando-area junk-removal companies yet, so we don't list any. When you get a quote, ask whether disposal fees are included.

If you're buying a new mattress, ask the retailer whether delivery includes haul-away of your old one. Policies vary, and we haven't verified any specific store's policy.

What we couldn't verify

We list these openly rather than guess:

• Whether the City of Orlando's free two-item pickup explicitly includes mattresses. Its list doesn't name them.
• Whether a mattress must be wrapped or bagged for curbside pickup. We found no City of Orlando or Orange County rule requiring it.
• Which landfill rate class applies to a mattress.
• Junk-removal prices in the Orlando area.

Spotted something out of date? Rules change. The sources we used are listed below, so you can check the official page directly.