What to do with a King Mattress

[ac3r]

Old mattresses will indeed end up in the landfill. Might as well save the charities time and take it there yourself. Even though some thrift stores say they'll take them, chances are they'll just have to dispose of it using their own time/labour/money. Used mattresses are covered in dead skin, cum stains, tens of thousands of mites and their fecal matter and lots of other gross things. It'd be like trying to pass off a pair of old underwear to someone...

[danbrotherston]

Old mattresses will indeed end up in the landfill. Might as well save the charities time and take it there yourself. Even though some thrift stores say they'll take them, chances are they'll just have to dispose of it using their own time/labour/money. Used mattresses are covered in dead skin, cum stains, tens of thousands of mites and their fecal matter and lots of other gross things. It'd be like trying to pass off a pair of old underwear to someone...

I don’t know what you’ve been doing with your mattresses but mine have been covered in sheets and inside a mattress cover for it’s whole life. Hardly the same treatment my underwear gets.

[ac3r]

Sheets still don't protect them from your old skin and all the little critters that like to eat that stuff. There's a reason most places won't take a used mattress, they're pretty nasty. If you did a good cleaning with a fabric vacuum you might find someone in need willing to take it but it'd be hard.