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 Lakewood
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.
Mattresses are specifically refused at the Community Cleanup, so bedding has to be self hauled to a transfer station rather than taken to the free weekend.
City cost & eligibility
The cleanup page puts mattresses on the not accepted list and the city publishes no mattress rate for the transfer stations it lists, so confirm the gate fee and the accepted sizes with the station before hauling bedding across the county.
When & how
Do not take a mattress to a Community Cleanup. Take it instead to a transfer station such as the Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center at 3510 S Mullen Street, which is open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Get it ready
Keep the bedding dry and out of the free cleanup load, take the frame and headboard off because they are separate pieces, and call the station ahead to confirm the fee and any size or condition limits.
The city contracts Waste Connections, trading locally as LeMay Pierce County Refuse, for garbage services, and the local office is at 4111 192nd Street East in Tacoma on (253) 875-5053. Residential garbage, recycling and food and yard waste collection all run through that contract, with recycling available wherever garbage pickup is offered, and questions about carts, service days and missed collections go to the hauler rather than to the city.
Two free cleanup weekends a year carry the bulky load
The city runs a Community Cleanup once in the spring and once in the fall at the Lakewood Transfer Station, 3869 94th St SW, and the fall 2026 event runs Saturday October 24 and Sunday October 25 from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. with the last vehicle admitted at 1:45 p.m. It is free for Lakewood residents who show a utility bill or identification, and the accepted list covers tires off their rims, bicycles, furniture, grills, appliances, recyclables and bagged garbage. The rules are strict: a five minute unload limit, no box vans or vehicles taller than 7 feet, trailers no larger than 4 feet by 8 feet, no unsafe loads, proper footwear, self unloading up a steep ramp and everything loose bagged. Mattresses, electronics, paint and hazardous material, yard waste, construction waste, lumber over 8 feet, concrete, auto parts, propane tanks, donations and commercial waste are all refused.
Outside the cleanup weekends the city's rule is that large items, yard waste, paint, electronics and hazardous material have to be taken to a transfer station or a special waste location. The stations it names are the Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center at 3510 S Mullen Street in Tacoma, Thurston Waste and Recovery at 2420 Hogum Bay Road NE in Lacey, and the Hidden Valley Transfer Station at 17925 Meridian Street E in Puyallup. The Tacoma centre takes self hauled garbage, recycling, yard waste and hazardous waste, with the transfer centre and recycle centre open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and a household hazardous waste facility open Friday to Monday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and closed Tuesday to Thursday. Paint goes to PaintCare drop-offs, glass goes to the county drop-off points rather than the recycling cart, and the Pierce County recycling menu covers televisions, chemicals, needles and medications.
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 Lakewood with Waste Connections and LeMay Pierce County Refuse
Self haul to a transfer station
A household with a mattress, construction debris, yard waste or any load the cleanup weekends refuse.
Cost & conditions
The city lists the stations but publishes no gate fee for Lakewood customers, and the Tacoma utility sets its rates by container size for its own customers, so confirm the charge for the load at the station before travelling.
Arrange it
Take the load to the Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center at 3510 S Mullen Street, open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., or to the Hidden Valley station in Puyallup or Thurston Waste and Recovery in Lacey.
A self haul route rather than a kerbside collection, with fees that are not published on the retained pages, and the Tacoma household hazardous waste facility is closed Tuesday to Thursday.
A Lakewood household arranging weekly garbage, recycling or food and yard waste collection.
Cost & conditions
The city and the hauler publish the service lines but not the residential rates on the retained pages, so confirm the monthly charge with Waste Connections at (253) 875-5053 when the account is set up.
Arrange it
Contact Waste Connections at (253) 875-5053 or through the LeMay Pierce County Refuse site to start or change service, and use the hauler's app or pickup schedule for collection days.
The contract covers weekly garbage, recycling and food or yard waste rather than bulky items, and bulky material still has to use a cleanup weekend or a transfer station.
Regional self haul station the city lists for large items, yard waste and hazardous waste
Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center
3510 S. Mullen Street, Tacoma, WA 98409
Self hauled garbage, recycling, yard waste and hazardous waste, with a Recycle Center and a Household Hazardous Waste Facility on the same site.
Visitors must follow the posted rules of conduct, the household hazardous waste facility is closed Tuesday to Thursday, and the utility sets its own rates by garbage container size for its customers rather than publishing a per load gate fee for visiting households.
Transfer centre and Recycle Center open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; the Household Hazardous Waste Facility is open Friday to Monday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and closed Tuesday to Thursday; the phone and lobby answer Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on (253) 502-2100, with hazardous waste on (253) 591-5418.
No per load fee for visiting households is published on the retained pages, and the centre takes self hauled garbage, recycling, yard waste and hazardous waste, so confirm the charge for the material at the gate or on (253) 502-2100.
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 Lakewood.
How much does mattress removal cost in Lakewood?+
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 Lakewood?+
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.
Will Lakewood take a mattress at the cleanup?+
No. Mattresses are named on the not accepted list for the free Community Cleanup weekend, alongside electronics, paint, yard waste, construction waste, concrete, propane tanks and loose items. Bedding has to be self hauled to a transfer station instead, such as the Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center at 3510 S Mullen Street, which takes self hauled loads seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the city publishes no mattress rate, so confirm the fee at the gate.Official guidance
Who collects Lakewood garbage and recycling?+
Waste Connections, trading locally as LeMay Pierce County Refuse, collects under the city contract, with the local office at 4111 192nd Street East in Tacoma on (253) 875-5053. The residential service covers weekly garbage plus recycling and food or yard waste collection, with recycling available wherever garbage pickup is offered, and the contract does not include a kerbside bulky item collection, which is why the city runs the free cleanup weekends instead.Official guidance
What will the Lakewood cleanup not take?+
Commercial waste, loose items, paint and hazardous materials, yard waste, construction waste, lumber longer than 8 feet, concrete, auto parts, explosive materials, propane tanks, electronics, donations and mattresses are all refused, and the city's own refuse page adds that refrigerators are excluded from the appliances it accepts. That leaves the transfer stations for mattresses, construction material, electronics and refrigerators, and the county specialty routes for paint, glass, chemicals and medications.Official guidance
Where do Lakewood large items go outside the cleanup?+
The city says large items, yard waste, paint, electronics and hazardous materials must be brought to a transfer station or special waste location, and it lists the Tacoma Recovery and Transfer Center at 3510 S Mullen Street, Thurston Waste and Recovery at 2420 Hogum Bay Road NE in Lacey and the Hidden Valley Transfer Station at 17925 Meridian Street E in Puyallup. The Tacoma centre takes self hauled garbage, recycling, yard waste and hazardous waste, with the transfer centre and recycle centre open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and the household hazardous waste facility open Friday to Monday. No per load fee is published on the retained pages, so confirm the charge first.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 Lakewood.
