Mattress Recycling in Tampa, FL
Where to recycle a mattress in Tampa, who takes it, and what you pay. Official rules, plus quotes from local pros if you would rather not haul it.
Where a mattress can actually end up in Tampa
Not every mattress qualifies for recycling. This table puts each route beside its real condition, so you can see which one your mattress meets before you move it.
| Route | What it costs | How much it takes | The condition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curbside, regular collection day | No additional cost for the one yearly collection, for residential accounts in single-family homes and buildings of four units or fewer. | One prescheduled collection a year, and the pile should not go over ten cubic yards — about ten ovens' worth. A bigger pile can bring extra disposal fees. | Mattresses are on the accepted list for the yearly S.W.E.E.P. collection, alongside furniture, appliances, toilets, carpet and grills. |
| Booked city collection | $18.12 a cubic yard for a special pickup — a cubic yard being about the size of an oven. | — | Anything that cannot wait for your once-a-year date, or that turns up after it has passed. |
| the McKay Bay Scale House | Free for residents with an active solid waste account. | — | An active city solid waste account — the free drop-off is for residential customers who have one. |
| 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. |
Where a mattress is accepted: the McKay Bay Scale House
1 site across Tampa.
- What to bring
- An active city solid waste account — the free drop-off is for residential customers who have one.
- What it costs
- Free for residents with an active solid waste account.
- Opening hours
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday and Saturday 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The site is 114 South 34th Street.
Putting it out with your regular trash in Tampa
Mattresses are on the accepted list for the yearly S.W.E.E.P. collection, alongside furniture, appliances, toilets, carpet and grills.
- How many items
- One prescheduled collection a year, and the pile should not go over ten cubic yards — about ten ovens' worth. A bigger pile can bring extra disposal fees.
- What it costs
- No additional cost for the one yearly collection, for residential accounts in single-family homes and buildings of four units or fewer.
- Good to know
- Everything goes in one pile at the curb in front of your own address by 8 p.m. on your Sunday S.W.E.E.P. date, and no earlier than five days before it — crews do not come back to a street they have already cleared. A pile in front of a vacant home or lot is treated as illegal dumping and referred to Code Enforcement. Keep the pile clear of low branches, power and phone lines, water meters and utility boxes, and out from behind parked cars, or it is left. Flat glass — mirrors, window panes, table tops — has to be duct-taped or wrapped. Also taken: up to four passenger tires, railroad ties cut to four feet, tree limbs and stumps. Not taken: building material of any kind, electronics, household hazardous waste, pressurised gas cylinders, explosives, metal drums, boats and ordinary yard waste. New Tampa is not part of the programme — that area is served by Hillsborough County.
The other routes in Tampa, in full
The table above is the short version of each. These pages carry the whole rule — the hours, the proof, the caps and what gets turned away.
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 Tampa bid on it. You pick the offer you like and pay your pro directly — JunkerClub takes no cut of the price.
See what mattress removal costs in Tampa →
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.
Mattress recycling in Tampa — common questions
How do I book a bulk pickup in Tampa?
Call customer service on (813) 274-8811 or book through Tampa Connect.
What needs an appointment in Tampa instead of going out with the trash?
Anything that cannot wait for your once-a-year date, or that turns up after it has passed.
What does a bulk collection cost in Tampa?
$18.12 a cubic yard for a special pickup — a cubic yard being about the size of an oven.
Where this comes from
Checked against official sources on 2026-09-15. City rules change — if something here does not match, the city page wins.
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