Mattress Collection in Manchester
Old mattress or bed base gone the same day, recycled properly, for one fixed price.
Get your fixed price in 60 secondsMattress collection with Load & Clear means a licensed crew carries your old mattress or divan base out from wherever it sits — bedroom, landing, garage — and sends it for proper recycling rather than a straight-to-landfill skip. Price it online, book a slot, and it’s gone the same day across Greater Manchester.
What happens to a mattress after collection
A mattress doesn’t belong in a skip or a general waste bin, mostly for practical reasons — it doesn’t compact, it takes up huge amounts of space, and it can trap smaller items of rubbish inside it, distorting weight and volume on the job. It also happens to be one of the more recoverable items in the average household clear-out: specialist mattress recyclers routinely reclaim 70–90% of the material by weight, stripping out steel springs, foam, cotton wadding, and timber frames for separate recycling streams.
Memory foam, pocket-sprung, hybrid, and divan-base mattresses are all handled the same way at the point of collection — the sorting into material streams happens afterwards, at the recycling facility, by people who do it all day.
A mattress in good, clean condition is offered to reuse charities first where possible; everything else goes for recycling with a licensed carrier and a waste transfer note as proof.
How much does mattress collection cost?
As market guidance, single-item collections like mattresses typically run £35–£80 across Greater Manchester, with a lone mattress at the bottom of that range and a mattress plus divan base or bed frame towards the top. For an exact fixed price, use the instant quote.
Weighing up whether council bulky collection, the tip, or a man and van makes more sense for your mattress? Our mattress disposal options guide lays out the honest comparison.
What we collect
- Single, double, king and super-king mattresses
- Memory foam, pocket-sprung and hybrid mattresses
- Divan bed bases and drawer bases
- Bed frames, headboards, and slatted bases
Collection covers the whole of Greater Manchester, whether you're in a flat in Didsbury or a terrace in Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Wigan, Tameside, Trafford, Salford, Stockport or Bolton.
Clearing a whole bedroom?
A mattress usually comes with company. These often go together on the same visit:
- Furniture removal — wardrobes, drawers, and bed frames, dismantling included
- Sofa removal — sofas and armchairs handled under the POPs disposal rules
- Carpet removal — old flooring uplifted at the same time
Doing a whole property rather than a room? Our single item collection hub is the place to start.
Mattress collection FAQs
Can old mattresses actually be recycled?
Yes, and most of them are. A mattress is stripped down into its component materials — steel springs, foam, cotton wadding, wooden frames — at specialist recycling facilities, and UK mattress recyclers routinely recover 70–90% of the material by weight. Landfilling a mattress whole wastes recoverable steel and takes up a disproportionate amount of space, since mattresses don’t compact.
Do you take memory foam and pocket-sprung mattresses the same way?
Yes, all types — memory foam, pocket-sprung, hybrid, and divan bases. They’re separated by construction at the recycling facility, since foam and springs go through different recovery processes, but collection is the same regardless of what’s inside.
Can you collect a mattress and the bed frame together?
Yes. Mattress, divan base, and bed frame can all go on the same visit — just say so when you book so the crew brings the right hands for a frame that needs dismantling to get down a stairwell or through a doorway.
Is a mattress covered by the same rules as a sofa?
Not quite. Sofas and upholstered seating fall under the POPs (persistent organic pollutants) regulations because of flame-retardant foam; mattresses aren’t currently covered by that specific rule, though many contain similar foams and are still best handled through a proper recycling route rather than a general skip, partly for practical reasons — a mattress in a skip wastes space and can trap smaller waste inside it.
How much does mattress collection cost?
As market guidance, single-item collections including mattresses typically run £35–£80 across Greater Manchester, with a single mattress at the lower end and a mattress-plus-frame job towards the top. For an exact fixed price, use the instant quote online.
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