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Mattress removal in Melbourne
In Melbourne, the cheapest mattress route is your council's hard waste collection, if your council runs one and takes mattresses. Soft Landing recycles mattresses in Melbourne for a drop-off fee, or a higher fee to collect. A paid pickup costs most and is the only same-day option. Wet mattresses get rejected.
Sources Soft Landing mattress recyclingVictorian Auditor-General: council waste management servicesCouncil waste and recycling services, all 79 Victorian councils (archived Sustainability Victoria page)
What is free?
Free- Your council's hard waste collection, where it runs one and takes mattresses.
- A charity, but only for a genuinely as-new mattress; most refuse used ones.
Disposal details: furniture & mattresses.
What is cheap?
Low cost- Soft Landing at its Melbourne site, per mattress, or more for a collection.
- A council transfer station, per item, if you can get it there.
What does paying get you?
Paid- Someone comes to the house and it is gone the same day.
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Is there a free mattress collection in Melbourne?
Only through your council's hard waste service, and not every Victorian council runs one. The Victorian Auditor-General found 43 of 79 councils provided hard waste in 2019-20, and where it exists it is either scheduled for the municipality or booked on call. Councils also set whether mattresses are accepted and how many. Check your own council before you put anything out.
How much does mattress removal cost in Melbourne?
Soft Landing charges a per-mattress fee to drop one at its Melbourne site and a higher fee to collect from the house. Council hard waste and transfer station charges are set by each council. A same-day paid pickup adds a truck and labour on top of the disposal fee. Ask for a current quote that includes disposal, not just the pickup.
Can I leave a mattress on the nature strip?
Only when your council's hard waste collection is due and mattresses are on its accepted list. Victorian hard waste is either scheduled or booked on call, so there is no standing permission to put things out. A mattress left outside a collection window is illegal dumping, and it is traceable back to the house it came from.
What happens to a recycled mattress?
A recycler pulls it apart into steel springs, foam and timber and recovers most of it. Soft Landing does this nationally, including Melbourne, and employs people facing barriers to work. It only works on a dry mattress. One that has been rained on goes to landfill whoever picks it up.
Do you do this job in Melbourne?
Removalists, recyclers, skip operators, clearance teams and organisers can apply for a labelled sponsored listing.