Mattress removal in Chelsea, MA
How the city program works
Pay at City Hall, online ("Curbside Mattress Pick Up" under Apply For A Permit) or by mailed check to 500 Broadway, Room 310. Get your sticker, then call 311 (617-466-4209) to schedule; mattress recycling days are Monday and Thursday. Set the mattress out by 7 a.m., wrapped in plastic with the collection sticker attached. One left without a scheduled pickup may be ticketed. Tell 311 if there are bed bugs. Massachusetts has banned mattresses from disposal since Nov 1, 2022, so they cannot go in the trash.
City trash customers pay $25 per mattress or box spring since Feb 1, 2026, or $40 per item if you have a private hauler that will not take it.
Stairs and shared entries
In a Chelsea three-decker the mattress has to come down shared stairs before it reaches the curb. Wrap it first and measure the landing for the box spring. Because the city requires plastic and a sticker, dragging a bare mattress down the stairs is wasteful.
Buildings over 8 units use a city-approved private hauler for trash; ask the manager how mattresses are handled.
If the sticker process won't finish before a move, a private pickup is the fallback: twin $89, full $99, queen $109, king $129 with the recycling fee included; box springs $59 to $99. A queen set is $188, above the $159 minimum.
Chelsea mattress pickup, in order
- Pay $25 each
City Hall, online, or by mailed check to 500 Broadway, Room 310.
- Get the sticker
One per mattress and per box spring.
- Call 311
617-466-4209; pickup is Monday or Thursday.
- Wrap and label
Plastic covering with the sticker on it, out by 7 a.m.
- Bed bugs?
Tell 311 when you schedule.
Local resources in Chelsea
Donation, reuse and recycling options near the pickup. We are not affiliated with these; confirm hours and what they accept before you go.
- Town
City of Chelsea mattress pickup
Accepts: Mattresses and box springs, collected Mondays and Thursdays
Wrap in plastic with the sticker on it, out by 7 a.m.; tell 311 about bed bugs.
Sticker from City Hall or online (Curbside Mattress Pick Up), then call 311 - Habitat ReStore
Habitat for Humanity ReStore (Greater Boston)
Staff help unload; pickup is scheduled through ReSupply for a fee, and you get a tax receipt. About 10 miles from Chelsea (straight line), in West Roxbury.
1580 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132
Quick answers
How much is a mattress pickup in Chelsea?
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$25 each since Feb 1, 2026, for city trash customers.
What days does Chelsea collect them?
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Mondays and Thursdays.
Can I just leave it at the curb?
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No; mattresses left out without a scheduled pickup may be ticketed.
Sources
Rules, fees and hours change, so confirm with Chelsea before you go.
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling: “City trash customers will be charged $25” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling (private hauler fee): “the City will pick up for a fee of $40 per item” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling (payment): “mail a check to: 500 Broadway, Room 310” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling (pickup days): “Mattress recycling days are Monday and Thursday.” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling (preparation): “wrapped in plastic with the mattress and box spring collection sticker attached” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea: Mattress recycling (ticketing): “Mattresses left outside without a scheduled pickup may be ticketed.” · accessed November 1, 2026
- City of Chelsea DPW: Trash, recycling and yard waste: “Residential properties with more than 8 units must contract with a City-approved waste hauler.” · accessed October 31, 2026
- MassDEP: Mattress recycling: “Effective November 1, 2022: Mattresses are banned from disposal or transport for disposal in Massachusetts.” · accessed October 31, 2026
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore (West Roxbury): “Items to donate elsewhere ... Mattresses/box springs” · accessed November 1, 2026