Mattresses, box springs, foundations and futons collected from any floor across greater LA, and put through California's recycling program wherever the unit is clean and dry.
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A mattress is the most awkward single object in a normal home: too heavy to carry alone, too big for a car, banned from most dumpsters, and expensive to get wrong. It is also one of the few things in California with a dedicated, state-run recycling system behind it — which most people are paying for and never use.
LASAN curbside. City of Los Angeles residents can put mattresses and box springs out for free bulky-item pickup, requested a business day ahead via the service request form, the MyLA311 app or 1-800-773-2489. Curbside only, on your normal trash day.
Retailer take-back. If a new mattress is being delivered, the retailer is required to take the old one away free. Ask at the point of order, not on the doorstep.
Permanent drop-offs. LA County has close to twenty no-cost collection centers. Verified local sites: Nu-Way Roll Off and Monrovia Mattress Drop, 145 W Duarte Rd, Monrovia, Mon–Fri 9–2, ten-unit maximum; R5 Recycling, 739 N Georgia Ave, Azusa, Mon–Fri 7–3, five units per resident.
City programs outside LA. Torrance gives one free pickup per address per year, up to twenty items, and recycles mattresses. Burbank collects at the curb but applies a per-item special handling fee to mattresses and box springs. Glendale takes them within its four free annual appointments. Pasadena caps at roughly three cubic yards and nothing heavier than two people can lift.
Sources: Mattress Recycling Council California, CalRecycle, LA County mattress recycling, ByeByeMattress greater LA, City of Burbank.
Every free program is curbside or drop-off. Nobody comes up to a second-floor apartment for a king and a box spring. That is the single most common reason people call.
Curbside runs on your trash day. Drop-offs run weekday daytime with unit caps. Neither works when a tenant leaves Saturday and a new one arrives Sunday.
Ten-unit caps at a drop-off and item caps on city pickups make a building turnover impossible to run for free. We take the lot in one visit.
A mattress rarely leaves alone. Bed frame, dresser, nightstands, a rug and three bags. One truck, one price — see furniture removal.
Our own crews on Los Angeles County jobs. Side yards, narrow walkways and the back of the property is where most of the work actually happens.
Mattresses are the most-dumped bulky item in Los Angeles and among the easiest to trace, because they are dumped from vehicles in daylight on streets that increasingly have cameras. Fines run to four figures. Given that the city will take it free from the curb and the state has already collected a recycling fee on it, the alley is objectively the worst available choice. If cost is the problem, call and we will point you at the nearest free option.
We run mattress collections through Koreatown and Hollywood walk-ups, student housing near Westwood, short-let turnovers in Venice and Marina del Rey, and family homes across Pasadena and Glendale. Full list on the areas we serve page.
Call or text (323) 230-0777, or send photos to team@lajunkhauling.com. Flat number, no obligation, and an honest answer if the city can do it for free.
That fee is paid once, at the shop, on every mattress sold in California. It is not a charge we add and not one the recycler collects. See how our pricing works.
Including the free routes, because you have already paid for them.
Four routes. LASAN takes mattresses and box springs free at the curb through its bulky-item pickup if you are a City of LA resident. California runs a statewide recycling program that funds no-cost drop-off sites — LA County has close to twenty permanent ones. Any retailer delivering a new mattress must take the old one back free. Or we collect it, from any floor, usually the same day.
Dropping one off is. The program is paid for by a recycling fee charged at the point of sale on every new mattress, futon and foundation, which rose to $18.00 per unit on April 1, 2026. It is charged regardless of size and is not subject to sales tax. That fee is why the drop-off sites cost you nothing when you arrive.
Verified LA-area sites include Nu-Way Roll Off and the Monrovia Mattress Drop at 145 W Duarte Rd, Monrovia, Monday to Friday 9am–2pm with a ten-unit maximum, and R5 Recycling at 739 N Georgia Ave, Azusa, Monday to Friday 7am–3pm, five units for residents. Check the ByeByeMattress locator for the current list before you drive — sites and hours change.
Yes. The state program covers mattresses, box springs, foundations and futons. Bunk bases, adjustable bed frames and headboards come with them and go out as furniture.
Say so when you book. A contaminated unit cannot be recycled — the program needs them clean and dry — so it is bagged, isolated and taken straight to disposal rather than mixed with the rest of the load. That is a handling question, not a judgement, and hiding it just spreads the problem.
Yes, and that is most of these calls. A king mattress plus a box spring down a narrow LA staircase is a two-person job with a real risk of damaging the wall. Free curbside programs will not do it; we will.
It is a small-volume job, quoted flat before we arrive. Multiple mattresses from a rental turnover or a hotel refit price better as one collection. See how our pricing works, and read our guide to mattress disposal in LA County for the free routes first.
Regularly. Apartment turnovers, student housing at semester end, hotel and short-let refits. That runs as commercial junk removal, scheduled after hours where a building needs it, with a certificate of insurance sent ahead.
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Local rules, access and drop-off points differ street by street. These pages cover what changes.
Sourced guides to what Los Angeles will take for nothing, who to call and what the rules actually say.
Free curbside pickup, free drop-off sites, the state recycling fee you already paid, and the fine for leaving it in an alley.
Thirteen Los Angeles-area programs in one table: how many free pickups a year, how many items, who to call and what each one refuses.
The state and city penalties, why liability follows the waste back to whoever produced it, and how to get a pile cleared off your street.
Send a photo, get a flat number back. Free, no obligation, no pressure and no call-out fee — and if your city will haul it free instead, we will tell you that too. Most requests are answered within the hour during working hours.
