Mattress disposal in Winnipeg
mattresses
The city will not take it and it will not fit in your car
Winnipeg garbage collection does not pick up mattresses or box springs. Left at the curb they just sit there; left in the back lane they earn a bylaw complaint. Meanwhile they are too big for a sedan and too floppy for one person to wrestle.
We bag them on site before they move, so nothing sheds through your hallway, and take them to a facility that pulls the steel springs for scrap and recovers the foam and fibre instead of burying the whole thing.
What we do
- Bagged on site before the carry, not after
- Any size — crib, single, queen, king, and the box spring with it
- Carried down from upstairs bedrooms and out of finished basements
- Taken for recycling: steel to scrap, foam and fibre recovered
- Several mattresses in one visit costs less per unit
Everything we take in this category
- Mattress
- City curbside collection will not take them. We bag every mattress on site before it moves, and it goes to Mother Earth Recycling on Main Street, Winnipeg's only mattress recycler, where the steel, foam and fibre are separated.Also: Queen mattress, King mattress, Double mattress, Twin mattress, Single mattress, Pillow-top mattress
- Box spring
- A box spring is mostly wood and steel, which is exactly what the recycler recovers. It goes with the mattress in the same trip.Also: Boxspring, Foundation, Bed base
- Memory foam mattress
- Awkward rather than heavy: foam flops and will not stay folded. Bagged like any other.Also: Foam mattress, Latex mattress, Mattress topper
- Adjustable bed
- The base has motors and wiring, so it goes through electronics and scrap rather than mattress recycling. Hospital beds are heavy and usually come apart first.Also: Adjustable base, Electric bed base, Hospital bed
- Crib mattress
- Small, but still not something the City will take at the curb.Also: Toddler mattress
- Futon mattress
- Denser and heavier than it looks. The frame is under Furniture.Also: Futon pad
- Waterbed
- It has to be fully drained before we can move it, and that is a job for the day before, not the day of.Also: Waterbed mattress
- Pillows
- Taken as part of a bedroom or full cleanout. Clean bedding in good condition can be donated.Also: Bedding, Duvet, Comforter, Sleeping bag
- Bed bug mattress
- Tell us before we arrive, and we will still take it. It is sealed in plastic on site so nothing spreads through your hallway or into our trailer, and it is kept apart from the rest of the load. Most companies in Winnipeg refuse these outright.Also: Bed bug infested mattress, Bed bug furniture, Infested couch
Not on the list? Check everything we take, A to Z, or text us a photo and we will tell you straight.
What it costs
Cheapest as part of a bigger load, but we will do a single mattress on its own. Ask and we will give you the number before we come out.
Get a free quoteBed bugs? Tell us first.
We will still take it. It just has to be sealed properly and handled separately so nothing travels to the next job. Not mentioning it is how one household's problem becomes several.