Mattress stream, Traverse City and Kaleva

Mattress Recycling, from one twin to a hotel's whole floor

Drop one off in Traverse City or schedule a pickup. Hotels, hospitals and campuses can move them by the hundred. Call (231) 632-2272 to talk it through.

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Why a mattress is a 40 cubic foot problem

A mattress is the bulkiest thing most households ever put out for disposal. Recycling one saves a 40 cubic foot, gas-emitting pocket from our landfills, and that is before you count the truck trips it takes to bury it. Pulled apart, a mattress is steel, foam and fabric, and each of those has somewhere better to go than a hole in the ground.

Michigan landfills take in over 400,000 mattresses each year. BARC is one of the reasons that number can come down in Northern Michigan: mattress materials are processed and shipped out of the Kaleva facility at 14407 Industrial Dr, and the Traverse City site takes them at the drop-off door.

Bring one to 466 US-31 South in Traverse City, or schedule a pickup. Pickups are generally scheduled each Monday and BARC can't promise an exact arrival time. The pickup fee is $100 within a 35 mile radius of both facilities, added to the price of the mattress itself.

The rules: dry, intact and kept clean until pickup

BARC takes mattresses and box springs that are dry and intact, with no signs of bed bugs. Light staining is fine. Dark brown stains are refused, so check the underside as well as the top before you load it.

The most common way a good mattress gets turned away is rain. If yours is waiting for pickup, store it indoors, or tarp it and keep it off the ground. A mattress that sat in a driveway over a wet weekend is a different animal from the one that sat in a garage.

If you aren't sure about a stain or a tear, call (231) 632-2272 before you load the truck. BARC would rather answer a question than turn you around at the door.

Bulk removal for hotels, hospitals and campuses

Hotels, hospitals, colleges, universities, nursing homes and assisted living facilities move mattresses in numbers a landfill hauler never wants to see. BARC handles bulk mattress removal across Michigan and much of the Midwest, with quantity discounts once an order goes over 10.

A business account can add a Bulk Mattresses bin to its service plan, and a large renovation can run as a one-day event. See Large Scale Recycling for how those get planned, or ask about a standing bin on the recycling for business page.

Visitors on a behind-the-scenes tour at the green mattress shredder

Mattress materials are processed and shipped out of BARC's Kaleva facility. Call (231) 632-2272 and a person at the Traverse City office will tell you what your mattress will cost before you lift it.

Mattress rows, 2026-27 sheet

What each one costs at the door

Item	Price
Baby, RV or futon mattress	$20
Twin mattress and box spring, or king box spring	$30
King mattress	$50
Double, full or queen mattress and box, or air mattress	$40
Headboards and bed frames, per set	$20
Latex Foam or quilt mattress topper	$10

Pickup is on top of these rows: $100 within a 35 mile radius of both facilities. If a mattress goes out with a fridge or a pile of e-waste, the full sheet lives on the pricing page, and you can book a truck on Schedule a Pickup.

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