Tasmania · Hobart
Mattress disposal in Hobart
In Tasmania, a mattress cannot go in a kerbside bin, and there is no statewide hard waste collection. Participating council waste facilities and transfer stations across southern and eastern Tasmania take end-of-life mattresses for recycling through Southern Waste Solutions. Elsewhere in the state, ask your council. Keep it dry: wet mattresses get rejected.
Sources Australian Bedding Stewardship Council: recyclingRethink Waste Tasmania: waste services for bulky itemsVinnies Tasmania: donate goods
What do I do with furniture & mattresses in TAS?
- Sound and clean? Sell or give it away first. Marketplace, Buy Nothing groups, or a charity that collects larger items.
- Mattresses need a recycler Not kerbside. A recycler strips the steel, foam and timber, usually for a small fee. Keep it dry — wet mattresses get rejected.
- Genuinely finished? Council bulk collection, within the collection window only.
There is no statewide hard waste collection in Tasmania. Some councils run hard waste collection days or free tip disposal days, so check your own council.
Nearest drop-off: Rethink Waste Tasmania — A-Z Guide to Recycling and Waste
In Tasmania, Vinnies stores sit alongside City Mission shops and resale centres in the north and north west, and Hobart City Mission op shops in the south. Ring before you drive: opening hours and what they accept change, and a closed door is how donations become dumping. Salvos and Vinnies both list stores by suburb.
Where can I recycle a mattress in Tasmania?
The Australian Bedding Stewardship Council lists Southern Waste Solutions as Tasmania's first approved mattress recycler. Its own sites are not open for direct public drop-off. Instead, residents can drop off end-of-life mattresses at participating local council waste facilities and transfer stations across southern and eastern Tasmania, for transfer to Southern Waste Solutions, which shreds them and recovers the steel.
What if I live in northern or north-west Tasmania?
Mattress recycling in Tasmania is regional rather than statewide: Southern Waste Solutions covers southern and eastern Tasmania, and no equivalent approved recycler is listed for the north or north west. Ring your own council's waste facility and ask what it does with a mattress and what it charges. Tasmania has no state-run mattress scheme.
Can I put furniture out on the kerb in Tasmania?
Not as a rule. Tasmania has no statewide hard waste or verge collection. Rethink Waste Tasmania says some councils offer hard waste collection days or free tip disposal days, and tells residents to contact their council. Putting furniture out when no collection is running is illegal dumping, and it is traceable to the house.
Will a charity take used furniture in Tasmania?
If it is clean, sound and resellable. Vinnies Tasmania takes furniture but asks you to check your local Vinnies can accept it, and will not take broken, ripped or stained furniture; some locations collect from home, and the statewide enquiry details are on its site. City Mission collects large items across northern and north-west Tasmania with a week's notice.
Need it gone this week?
Compare council collection, recycling and pickup options on the mattress removal page for Hobart.