Leave the old mattress at the curb and it can be gone today. Choose your size, see your exact price and book by 2pm for same-day pickup. You don’t need to be home.
The replacement arrives, but the old mattress is still leaning against the wall. Or moving day is coming and it’s the last thing left. Give it a pickup plan, with a price you can see before you book.
Your price, without a quote visit.
Choose the mattress size and any other items going. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Review the total before payment.
A pickup day you can plan around.
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup, or choose a future date shown at checkout. Arrange to have the mattress outside before pickup.
Updates until it’s gone.
Get your booking confirmation, a text when your hauler is on the way and photos when the pickup is done. No need to stay home when everything is outside and accessible.
A mattress, box spring and bed frame are separate items. Add only what you need removed, and see the combined price before booking.
Three parts. Choose only the ones going.
Mattress
Choose twin, full, queen or king / California king. The mattress choice covers the mattress itself. A topper is a different item.
Box spring or foundation
Add the non-powered support beneath the mattress separately. Choose its size. If you have a split foundation, send a photo so we can help you count it.
Frame or adjustable base
Choose the frame that matches yours. A powered adjustable base has its own option. Include these only if they are leaving with the mattress.
Mattress removal prices in Salem
First item / additional item
Twin Mattress$89 / $20
Full Mattress$94 / $25
Queen Mattress$99 / $30
King / Cal King Mattress$104 / $35
Twin Box Spring$79 / $18
Full Box Spring$79 / $20
Queen Box Spring$79 / $22
King / Cal King Box Spring$79 / $22
Bed Frame$79 / $29
Queen Adjustable Bed Base$114 / $44
The highest first-item price applies once. Every remaining item uses its additional-item price. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Applicable sales tax is shown before payment.
Book first. Then get the mattress to an accessible outdoor spot before pickup. Dropcurb handles loading and haul-away from there.
Items do not need to be outside when you book. If your building allows only a short access window, contact us before booking so we can agree on a workable plan.
Your place. One easy pickup plan.
A house, a condo or an apartment. Choose an accessible outdoor spot that works for your property. You arrange the move outside; we take it from there.
If a new mattress is arriving, check whether your retailer is taking the old one. If you need Dropcurb, choose a day when you can have it outside. A delivery window and a pickup day are different arrangements.
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Arrange the trip outside.
Plan for doorways, elevators and interior stairs before pickup day. You arrange any indoor carrying. Use a permitted outdoor location and keep entrances and the walking path open.
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Make the right mattress easy to find.
Follow the readiness instructions in your confirmation. Add a location photo and clear access notes so your hauler can identify exactly what is going.
You’re in the loop. Until it’s gone.
Confirmation when you book. A heads-up before arrival. Photos when it’s done.
Bulk waste is defined as material too large for the normal containers, such as appliances, furniture, residential yard waste and other debris, and the city treats that material as regular or routine residential solid waste rather than as a special service. The bulk page gives its own examples of what is collectible and what is not the city's responsibility.
City cost & eligibility
No charge. Included in the residential sanitation service for a qualifying property. A load beyond what the city treats as routine, including demolition, renovation and remodeling debris, has to be disposed of by the homeowner, who can deliver it to the Salem or Tinker Creek transfer stations under the resource authority's rules.
When & how
Set the qualifying pile at the curb or the normal collection site on the scheduled collection day, and expect the collection on a normal waste collection day or at the earliest scheduled time.
Get it ready
Keep the load routine in size and type. The page's collectible examples are a broken toilet or storm door, a section of busted fencing, a room of dirty carpet, pruned tree branches no longer than six feet, and basement or attic clean-out items that would fit in a pickup truck bed, while the remnants of a remodeled bathroom or kitchen, an entire backyard of broken fencing, a houseful of bad carpet, multiple cut trees and eviction material beyond the pickup truck limit are not the city's responsibility.
A mattress is not named in the city's bulk definition, its collectible examples or its prohibited list, so the published route is the routine bulk service but the piece itself has to be confirmed with the Sanitation Division.
City cost & eligibility
No mattress rule or mattress fee is published, and routine bulk waste carries no separate charge, so call the Sanitation Division on 540-375-3071 and ask whether the mattress is collected as routine bulk at the curb or whether the load has to go to a transfer station instead. The division's own page states that a household may be required to arrange disposal depending on the quantity or type of debris.
When & how
Ask first, then put the piece out on the scheduled collection day only if the division confirms that it is collected as routine bulk.
Get it ready
Keep the mattress dry and out of a pile with prohibited material such as hazardous material, dirt, rock or masonry debris, stumps, gas cylinders, fuel cans, barrels or vehicle parts, because prohibited material must not be set out in a way that signals a need for collection.
Set the pile at the curb of the property that generated it, or at the normal collection site, clear of overhead obstructions, on the scheduled collection day. Appliances need the door removed or secured, the unit emptied and any gas evacuated; the collectible examples on the city page are a broken toilet or storm door, a section of fencing, a room of carpet, branches no longer than six feet and clean-out items that would fit in a pickup truck bed.
Waste from work that needed a building permit, waste generated by a contractor or a paid worker, land clearing debris on unimproved residential property, dirt, rock and masonry debris, stumps, hazardous materials, gas cylinders, fuel tanks, fuel cans, barrels, items too large to be handled safely, items used in an industrial or commercial process and vehicle parts are all barred from bulk collection. Prohibited material must not be set out in a way that signals a need for collection.
Use a permitted, accessible outdoor spot. Arrange the move out of your home, keep shared access clear and follow your confirmation’s readiness instructions. Check with your building about access or staging limits before booking.
City of Salem Sanitation Division inside Street and General Maintenance, with the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority
Put routine bulk at the curb
A Salem household with furniture, an appliance, residential yard waste or another routine item too large for the tote.
Cost & conditions
No charge. Included in the city residential sanitation service, with no separate curbside charge published for routine bulk. Every single-family home in the city qualifies, and so does a multi-family property that uses city sanitation for its normal scheduled collection.
Arrange it
Set the pile at the curb of the property that generated it, or at the normal collection site, clear of overhead obstructions, on the scheduled collection day.
Demolition, renovation and remodeling debris is outside the service, permitted work and contractor waste are the contractor's or owner's responsibility, appliances have to meet the door, emptying and gas conditions, and the prohibited materials list applies.
Selected customer reviews. Counts checked September 2026.
Before you book
A few things worth knowing.
Mattress removal, from choosing your item to pickup day in Salem.
How much does mattress removal cost in Salem?+
The price depends on the mattress size you choose. A queen mattress is $99 as the first item and $30 as an additional item. Loading, transportation and disposal are included. Add any box spring or frame separately, then review your total and any applicable tax before payment.
Can I book same-day mattress pickup in Salem?+
Book by 2pm at your pickup address for same-day pickup. Choose from the dates shown at checkout. Have the mattress outside and accessible according to your confirmation. Your booking is for a day rather than an exact arrival time, and we text you when your hauler is on the way.
Is my box spring or bed frame included in mattress removal?+
The mattress price covers the mattress only. Add your box spring, bed frame or adjustable base separately if those are going too. Choose the size and type that match each item. The combined price appears before booking.
Will you carry my mattress downstairs or out of my apartment?+
Dropcurb starts outside. You arrange to move the mattress out of your apartment and down interior stairs before pickup. We load it and take it away from an accessible outdoor spot. Check your building’s access rules before arranging the move outside.
Can you pick up my old mattress when my new one arrives?+
You can choose an offered pickup day around your replacement delivery. First check whether the retailer already includes old-mattress removal, and arrange who will bring it outside if needed. Dropcurb books a pickup day, not the retailer’s delivery window. Contact us before booking if access is limited to a short time.
What counts as Salem bulk waste?+
Material too large for the normal totes or dumpsters, such as appliances, furniture, residential yard waste and other debris, which the city treats as regular or routine residential solid waste. The page's own examples are a broken toilet or storm door, a section of busted fencing, a room of dirty carpet, pruned tree branches no longer than six feet, and basement or attic clean-out items that would fit in a pickup truck bed. Demolition, renovation and remodeling debris is outside the service.Official guidance
How do I get rid of a mattress in Salem?+
Confirm it with the Sanitation Division on 540-375-3071 first, because a mattress is not named in the city's bulk definition, its collectible examples or its prohibited list. Furniture and other large debris are routine bulk waste, so the mattress may qualify as routine bulk at the curb, but the division states that a household may be required to arrange disposal depending on the quantity or type of debris, and the transfer stations take items that will not fit the tote.Official guidance
What does Salem charge for trash and bulk pickup?+
Routine residential collection, brush and bulk waste are part of the city sanitation service and no separate curbside charge is published, so a qualifying pile costs nothing beyond the service the household already has. The transfer stations are free for a Salem household for a total of twelve drop-offs a calendar year across the Salem and Tinker Creek sites, the listed household chemicals are taken without a published charge during normal hours, and registering for a third Saturday collection event at Tinker Creek is free. Any amount beyond that structure is confirmed with the Sanitation Division on 540-375-3071 or the authority on 540-857-5050.Official guidance
What will Salem not take at the curb?+
Demolition, renovation and remodeling debris, waste from work that needed a building permit, waste generated by a contractor or anyone paid to do a job, land clearing debris on unimproved residential property, dirt, rock and masonry debris, stumps, hazardous materials, gas cylinders, fuel tanks, fuel cans, barrels, items too large to be handled safely, items used in an industrial or commercial process and vehicle parts. The city also states that prohibited material must not be set out in a way that signals a need for collection.Official guidance
Who runs sanitation in Salem?+
The Sanitation Division inside Street and General Maintenance, which operates the city's own trucks and chipper and picks up routine brush and bulky items at the street. The division is at 1228 Indiana Street and answers on 540-375-3071, with working hours from 6 in the morning to 2:30 in the afternoon and phone hours from 7 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, while Street and General Maintenance answers recycling questions on 540-375-3039. Everything outside the curbside program runs through the Roanoke Valley Resource Authority on 540-857-5050.Official guidance
One less thing on your list
Give the old mattress a way out.
Choose the size. See your price. Book a pickup day in Salem.
