Mattress Removal in Boise

A mattress is one of the most awkward things to move out of a house. It's too big for most trunks, too floppy to secure on a roof rack, and heavy enough that getting it down a narrow staircase in an older North End bungalow turns into its own project.

Mattress removal in Boise is rarely just the mattress, either. Usually there's a box spring and frame too, or an old one that has to go the same day a new one arrives, with nowhere to store it in between.

What the city already covers

Republic Services runs Boise's Curb It program, which includes a bulky item pickup covering up to six large items a year per household, mattresses included, along with couches, fridges, and water heaters. Call to schedule it, then set the item at the curb or alley on the assigned day. One mattress, no rush, that's a free option worth using.

A hauler makes more sense once you've used that year's pickups, you're clearing out more than the mattress, you don't want to wait for a scheduled window, or it's stuck somewhere a city crew won't go, like a finished basement or a third-floor walkup. A hauler can grab it the same day, stairs and all.

• Curb It's bulky pickup covers up to six items a year, mattresses count as one
• Five free Overflow Stickers a year if your regular pickup runs over
• The green-lid compost cart is for yard waste, not mattresses or furniture
• A hauler skips the scheduling wait and handles stairs and multiple pieces at once

Where it goes once it leaves your house

In Ada County, bulky items like mattresses go to the Ada County Landfill, also called Hidden Hollow, off Seamans Gulch Road in the north Boise foothills near Hill Road and Highway 55. It's a working landfill, and loads get sorted on-site: household trash and bulky items in one area, yard waste in another, tires and appliances handled separately because of how they're processed.

That sorting is part of why this job is more than tossing something in a truck bed. A load with just a mattress is simple. One mixed with an old fridge, a few tires, and yard debris has to be broken apart at the gate, so it helps to keep those categories separated before the load leaves the property. The landfill also stays closed on Sundays, so same-day runs have to work around that.

Getting rid of an old mattress in Boise usually comes down to timing: the city's free bulky pickup works fine with no rush, and a hauler makes more sense when you need it gone today or you're clearing out more than one room.

Boise Furniture Removal handles mattress pickup in Boise and sorts it correctly before it reaches the landfill. Call for a free estimate.