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If your old mattress is in decent shape and isn’t infested, heavily stained, or damaged, you can try contacting local donation centers to recycle your mattress at no cost. These include Habitat for Humanity, homeless shelters, animal shelters, thrift stores, and furniture recycling organizations. In many cases, you’ll need to transport your mattress to the donation center, but you won’t have to pay for the disposal.

Most municipal or waste management companies do not allow you to put out a refrigerator for regular trash pickup. You can, however, call your waste management company and ask about the proper steps for “special” or bulk pickup (if it’s offered) or information about local community programs offering refrigerator recycling.

The most common alternative is burning the stump first, then dealing with the cinders and ashes. As you can imagine, this option creates fire hazards, especially since roots can burn underground, hidden, for long afterward. That’s why many states and cities have outlawed the use of stump burning entirely. We do not recommend this option as a viable alternative unless you get a permit from the local fire department and practice all safe burning procedures.

Others prefer a more long-term DIY approach of degrading the stump with home mixtures like Epsom salt and vinegar injected directly into it. This may help the stump decay faster, allowing homeowners to dig it out themselves, but it’s still a lengthy process. It usually takes months for a stump to start falling apart with such treatments, and in the meantime, it can be vulnerable to rot, insects, and other problems.

Ensure bins are accessible and follow guidelines for separating recyclables and hazardous materials.