How to Dispose of a Mattress in Denver, CO
Every way to get rid of a mattress in Denver side by side — what each costs, how much it takes at once, and the condition that decides whether it is actually collected.
Every route out of Denver, and what each one actually asks of you
Free and unconditional are not the same thing. Each of these routes costs nothing or costs something, and each one has a line it will not cross — the cap, the condition, or what it simply will not accept. Read down the last two columns before you carry anything downstairs.
| Route | What it costs | How much it takes | The condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curbside, regular collection day | — | A maximum of five large items — furniture and the like — plus up to ten bags per service address, and only on your own Large Item Pickup week. | Mattresses and box springs are collected, but they have to be bagged and wrapped first. |
| Hire a hauler | You pay — quotes come from local companies bidding against each other. | No item cap and no wrapping, residency or vehicle rule. | They carry it out; nothing has to reach the curb under its own steam. |
Putting it out with your regular trash in Denver
Mattresses and box springs are collected, but they have to be bagged and wrapped first.
- How many items
- A maximum of five large items — furniture and the like — plus up to ten bags per service address, and only on your own Large Item Pickup week.
- Good to know
- Large Item Pickup runs every nine weeks and falls on the same day as your regular trash and recycling collection, so the city sets the date rather than you. Everything goes out by 6 a.m. that morning, visible, and at least two feet clear of your carts, parked cars, poles and anything else in the way. Putting large items out on any other week counts as illegal dumping. Refused outright: electronic waste, construction material including concrete, bricks, fencing and pallets, and automotive material. Branches are taken only bundled, under four feet long and four inches thick.
Or have someone take it
City routes are cheap but slow, and they all assume you can get the item to the curb yourself. If it is upstairs, if it is heavy, or if you need it gone this week, a local pro is the faster answer.
Post the job free, and local pros in Denver bid on it. You pick the offer you like and pay your pro directly — JunkerClub takes no cut of the price.
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What people actually pay — measured, not estimated
A flat-rate national hauler charges $99–$119 to take one queen mattress — read off their own published breakdown, in Mission Viejo, CA (Orange County), Philadelphia, PA. It is not our price: JunkerClub does not set prices.
And a flat rate is only one company's number. When we put one real job out to bid, 12 local pros priced the same pile from the same photos: $225 to $1,250, median $525. Nobody else publishes this, because nobody else runs the auction.
Getting rid of a mattress in Denver — common questions
Will the trash collectors take a mattress in Denver?
Mattresses and box springs are collected, but they have to be bagged and wrapped first.
How many bulk items can I put out at once in Denver?
A maximum of five large items — furniture and the like — plus up to ten bags per service address, and only on your own Large Item Pickup week.
Where this comes from
Checked against official sources on 2026-09-10. City rules change — if something here does not match, the city page wins.
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