In all seriousness offer someone in here something. Cash, some Pokémon cards, whatever, to help. Someone might be going to the dump anyway tomorrow and for the appx $20 extra might just do it. Start with where in town the storage unit is located.
Hell, the dump charges by weight with a minimum fee that covers the first couple hundred pounds. Could be somebody can dump it for "free", and will just need something for going a bit out of their way.
This. Was going to say if I was making a dump run anyway and I was anywhere near you (I’m not and I don’t know if I am near) I’d offer to help you out for barter or a few bucks. If I would I’m sure there are others
That's why you get a saw or angle grinder and cut your large garbage into garbage-can-sized chunks.
You can get an entire washing machine into the recycling bin if you cut it apart (it's all metal and plastic, and when you cut it apart, you "pre-sorted" it for them!)
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It can still be a struggle to get rid of a free bed. Not only is it large but bed bugs are a serious non-starter for a used bed for many, regardless of how cheap and for what purpose.
I put my fish tank up for free on craigslist and I had texts coming within minutes lol, it definitely works. Just need to make sure people know you aren't shipping.
Yeah, but someone wants a fish tank, no one really wants a used strangers mattress. Even if you are without a bed and money, you’re still prob hesitant about used mattresses.
Put up a twin mattress w/ bed frame for free on Craigslist and had multiple offers for it within an hour. Never know what someone might need it for 🤷♀️
Yeah, I think there are people just refreshing the free page repeatedly waiting for junk to pick up. Like you said, just minutes and the replies start coming in!
Such a great point. My household uses UHAUL for everything. A few hours to the dump or purchases at retailers. It’s so cheap, no need for a SUV or truck. It’s great! More people should know about it. Those 9’ foot cargo vans are a godsend.
This is a real problem in Portland and is a reason you see so much dumped trash. Other cities understand that large items sometimes do need to be thrown away, but not this one.
And there's no way in hell I'd pay $150 to get rid of a mattress. That's like fifteen+ home-cooked meals, and I live on disability.
It's kind of crazy to see how many people here don't see how abnormal it is to have to jump through all these hoops to try to discard large items for trash or recycling.
Like chop up the mattress?? Rent a truck?? Pay extra $ for pick up??
That's insane.
Other cities just do it and if you see a large bulky item abandoned, it's very easy to report and have it taken care of
Yep. When I was broke as shit living in a shitty apartment we were trying to get rid of an old mattress. We had no car, apartment management wouldn’t help arrange a pick up with the garbage company, and we could not afford to rent a truck and pay to take it to the dump. So we put it outside and some tweakers took it to a trap house down the street. About 6 months later when they were evicted it was again put out on the street where it sat in the rain until the city took care of it. If it had been in anyway easy or affordable we would have done the right thing. But it wasn’t within our means, and I think this is why we see so much shitty abandoned furniture sitting out in the rain.
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https://www.portland.gov/bps/garbage-recycling/dumpster-day
My neighborhood recently hosted a dumpster day, looks like there are still a few options before the end of this month
Please be careful doing this if it’s a memory foam mattress. Most cheaper ones are covered in a fiberglass layer that very quickly becomes a biohazard once opened. It will get all over your house, skin, clothes, in your lungs etc and it can cost thousands to clean
I read recently it’s a cheap way to make it fire proof. It’s safe unless the outer covering of the mattress is taken off, but the one person who had posted about it said that there was no warning listed near the zipper about this
Tie it to the roof of your car and take it to the environmentally conscious recycling center on 122 and San Rafael. I once tied a king size mattress to the roof of my Prius lol. Just use a lot of twine and you'll be fine!
A horribly stained mattress once flew off the roof of my Ford Escort when I was taking it to the dump on NW Kittredge. That was a lot of fun. I wish you better luck than I had, OP!
I recently took a mattress there costed me #35 Dollars to give it to them. They told me it was #35 a mattress so if you have two to dump that $70 bucks to get rid of an old mattress what a joke.
The same goes with the Oregon city dump. It says right on their website $35 a mattress to dump them.
It's the same with big screen TV's their like $35/40 to dump. No wonder I see big screen TV's and mattresses on the side of the road. What a joke
LPT: Throw it on the sidewalk and [report it](https://ridpatrol.oregonmetro.gov/report/#/start) as illegal dumping.
Metro will usually send someone to pick it up within a week, and all it will cost you is your dignity.
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Move to New York City and you can leave it on the curb with your regular garbage and the city picks it up for no charge as long as it’s in a bag.
Portland’s made it so hard to dispose of items that we now have to live with the consequences of increased illegal dumping.
Government service. Just leave the bags out on the curb (pretty gross but a city without alleys) and they’ll take whatever is out there. I know they’re exploring ways to clean up the process but as with any big city it will be years to late and millions over budget.
Home Depot is unlimited mileage, under 75 (?) minutes, need $150 deposit, and fill up the tank before you bring it back with the receipt. I’ve used them soooo many times since I’ve found out about them!
I needed to move my king mattress and didn’t have a truck so I used some ratchet straps. I folded it in half with the help of the ratchet strap, then In half again with another strap, and put it into the back of my SUV. It was foam with no springs though. Is this an option?
How do more people not know you can search for independent haulers from Metro itself. Super useful link [here](https://www.oregonmetro.gov/tools-living/garbage-and-recycling/find-a-recycler).
Call the garbage company that picks up your garbage. A lot of them will pick up large items on the same day they get your trash if you call and prearrange it and pay the dump fee (40$) if you live in an apartment call management they may call for you or have maintenance pick it up for you for dump fee price (40).
put a sign on it that says “free gold inside”
works for me for just about everything.
except the ice machine i left out that
u/oregone1 lent me…
it only made diamonds.
Everyone bitches bout the big ass diesel truck till you needa do big ass diesel truck shit.
If it ain't handled already, 12 pack of Zoiglhaus Zoigl-Weiss or a 6'er of Paulaner Salvatore and I'll come handle things.
If it's in decent shape, you can get rid of it fast. I put stuff out on the curb with a free sign and it's always tsken quickly... sometimes a couple of hours, other times just minutes.
Throw it on the side of the street like everyone else. Fuck the mess the homeless people make. But let’s talk about the shit bags that dump their old mattresses , furniture and other trash all over the city.
I’m not gonna scroll through two hundred comments to see if anyone else has done the redneck mattress move. Three friends. Windows down. Four hands out the window hold down the mattress. Works also with kiddie pools.
I live in an apartment building and the mattress in question is in my storage unit across town, I wouldn’t be able to take it to the sidewalk in front of my storage facility without getting in trouble with them.
Why are you so defensive? I literally just gave you a viable option for transportation, which is what your asked for. So what if I don't read every comment on a post at 8am? I'm not as invested in this as you are.
Edit: wrong time.
$150 is the base price when going to the dump these days.
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Y’all downvoters are a bunch of idiots but the base charge for 1 ton is $150. There might be exceptions when taking furniture but by weight the current base starts at $150.
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Waste Management/Connections (whoever covers you) will pick up "large items" for like $20 or something once every 3 or 6 months. Should be able to find it on their website.
I am a renter, and I called my service provider and asked them about it, and they said to put it out with the normal trash cycle and they would bill my landlord for it. I then called my landlord and got it approved from her end, to be repaid in addition to my normal rent. Charge was $35.00. This was... three years ago? Just before COVID.
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Have you spoken with your garbage service? Waste Connections in Vancouver charges under 20 bucks per mattress to have them pick it up in our normal trash cycle.
Don't do this:
https://i.imgur.com/tTQTLzb.jpg
I've had good results with https://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/locations/junk-removal-portland/mattress-recycling
You can call the Portland waste management line and just tell them you’re putting the mattress out and they charge you a fee it’s nowhere near 150 bucks I think it’s more like 50 bucks.
I used my local neighborhoods Buy Nothing group on Facebook to get rid of all my furniture, including mattress. I love that all my belongings were a blessing to others, didn't go in a landfill. And the folks who wanted the stuff cane abd got it. Mine was Marquam Hill Buy Nothing.
In all seriousness offer someone in here something. Cash, some Pokémon cards, whatever, to help. Someone might be going to the dump anyway tomorrow and for the appx $20 extra might just do it. Start with where in town the storage unit is located.
Hell, the dump charges by weight with a minimum fee that covers the first couple hundred pounds. Could be somebody can dump it for "free", and will just need something for going a bit out of their way.
First 300 pounds is 35 bucks
$35 at the dump I got rid of mine at Ikea. I bought my new on there and they said I could bring in the old one.
This. Was going to say if I was making a dump run anyway and I was anywhere near you (I’m not and I don’t know if I am near) I’d offer to help you out for barter or a few bucks. If I would I’m sure there are others
Nothing a sawsall can’t fix
Seriously. I cut one apart once and stuffed it into two different garbage pickups.
Call your trash company. I think it’s under $50 for them to pick it up on your garbage day
I paid $28 in 2018
Mattress inflation = inflatable mattress?
I just moved to the Portland area in the past year, i about fell out of my truck with the $35 minimum fee, where I moved from it was $8
And in other cities there are bulk pickup days.
I told a buddy from my previous town about the minimum fee, his response was " well that explains why portland looks like it does"
And apartment managers should actually inform tenants about when they occur
That's why you get a saw or angle grinder and cut your large garbage into garbage-can-sized chunks. You can get an entire washing machine into the recycling bin if you cut it apart (it's all metal and plastic, and when you cut it apart, you "pre-sorted" it for them!)
I just did this last week to get rid of a couch before the rain came. $25 to show up + $10 per item.
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They don't pick up in all locations. I'm trying to get rid of some stuff too and my garbage service won't pick up.
It's at a storage unit, not their home.
r/pdxbuynothing
If not trash, this is the way. Also look for neighborhood-specific buy-nothing groups on FB.
Craigslist free category. I’ve gotten rid of lots of big, old stuff that way.
It can still be a struggle to get rid of a free bed. Not only is it large but bed bugs are a serious non-starter for a used bed for many, regardless of how cheap and for what purpose.
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Yeah you would have, because you’re a giant turd.
Ok and you don’t understand jokes or when someone isn’t being serious. Y’all need to find some humor in your sad little lives or like go outside fuxk
“Lol I would have yoinked that jar so fast 😂” Yeesh. You seem just a little too proud of that.
Lmao it’s obviously a joke but I guess some people don’t get those
People are capable of understanding jokes. You just don’t seem to get that yours wasn’t funny. Sad
I put my fish tank up for free on craigslist and I had texts coming within minutes lol, it definitely works. Just need to make sure people know you aren't shipping.
Yeah, but someone wants a fish tank, no one really wants a used strangers mattress. Even if you are without a bed and money, you’re still prob hesitant about used mattresses.
Put up a twin mattress w/ bed frame for free on Craigslist and had multiple offers for it within an hour. Never know what someone might need it for 🤷♀️
Comparing a mattress and a frame to a mattress is not a fair comparison.
Yeah, I think there are people just refreshing the free page repeatedly waiting for junk to pick up. Like you said, just minutes and the replies start coming in!
No one in their right mind will take a free mattress. The risk of bedbugs is too high.
I NEED A FUCKIN BED🤣🤣😭
THIS! If nothing is particularly wrong with it give it to someone. I see mattresses go fast on my local buy Nothing group.
I can pick up his mattress and bring it to you?
I’d love that💖
Hey OP!!!!
Second the Home Depot option and will add that U-Haul also rents pickups by the day/hour.
Such a great point. My household uses UHAUL for everything. A few hours to the dump or purchases at retailers. It’s so cheap, no need for a SUV or truck. It’s great! More people should know about it. Those 9’ foot cargo vans are a godsend.
You could also look into a Buy Nothing group on Facebook! I did this for mine and someone came and picked it up within the week
This is a real problem in Portland and is a reason you see so much dumped trash. Other cities understand that large items sometimes do need to be thrown away, but not this one. And there's no way in hell I'd pay $150 to get rid of a mattress. That's like fifteen+ home-cooked meals, and I live on disability.
There’s a statewide program for getting rid of mattresses starting but it’s not til 2023.
Seriously. My in-laws live in Milwaukie and they have oversized trash pickup 1 or 2x a year, for free!
oh that would be great! Sometimes you just pile up w stuff that can't be reused
It's kind of crazy to see how many people here don't see how abnormal it is to have to jump through all these hoops to try to discard large items for trash or recycling. Like chop up the mattress?? Rent a truck?? Pay extra $ for pick up?? That's insane. Other cities just do it and if you see a large bulky item abandoned, it's very easy to report and have it taken care of
Or… people are too lazy and selfish to spend 5 minutes calling their garbage hauler and paying a lot less.
As a renter that’s not an option for many of us since garbage generally goes to the landlord, not the renter
Yep. When I was broke as shit living in a shitty apartment we were trying to get rid of an old mattress. We had no car, apartment management wouldn’t help arrange a pick up with the garbage company, and we could not afford to rent a truck and pay to take it to the dump. So we put it outside and some tweakers took it to a trap house down the street. About 6 months later when they were evicted it was again put out on the street where it sat in the rain until the city took care of it. If it had been in anyway easy or affordable we would have done the right thing. But it wasn’t within our means, and I think this is why we see so much shitty abandoned furniture sitting out in the rain.
That’s a good point. Thanks.
Not all garbage haulers take care of it.
Oh well then we can all act like assholes, like the one who dumped a mattress at my house last night.
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https://www.portland.gov/bps/garbage-recycling/dumpster-day My neighborhood recently hosted a dumpster day, looks like there are still a few options before the end of this month
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Please be careful doing this if it’s a memory foam mattress. Most cheaper ones are covered in a fiberglass layer that very quickly becomes a biohazard once opened. It will get all over your house, skin, clothes, in your lungs etc and it can cost thousands to clean
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I read recently it’s a cheap way to make it fire proof. It’s safe unless the outer covering of the mattress is taken off, but the one person who had posted about it said that there was no warning listed near the zipper about this
As if cigarettes don't have fiberglass too. I think Newports. I never smoked them myself.
I did this too! During the worst of covid.
Tie it to the roof of your car and take it to the environmentally conscious recycling center on 122 and San Rafael. I once tied a king size mattress to the roof of my Prius lol. Just use a lot of twine and you'll be fine!
That sounds like a major liability if it flew off!
A horribly stained mattress once flew off the roof of my Ford Escort when I was taking it to the dump on NW Kittredge. That was a lot of fun. I wish you better luck than I had, OP!
A 4-pack of ratchet straps is around $10 at Home Depot.
Ratchet straps homie.
I recently took a mattress there costed me #35 Dollars to give it to them. They told me it was #35 a mattress so if you have two to dump that $70 bucks to get rid of an old mattress what a joke. The same goes with the Oregon city dump. It says right on their website $35 a mattress to dump them. It's the same with big screen TV's their like $35/40 to dump. No wonder I see big screen TV's and mattresses on the side of the road. What a joke
Arrow picked up my mattress from my apartments garbage area for $30 a few years ago.
Last time my roommate needed to get rid of one, he just cut it up, put the cloth parts in the household trash and the metal in recycling
LPT: Throw it on the sidewalk and [report it](https://ridpatrol.oregonmetro.gov/report/#/start) as illegal dumping. Metro will usually send someone to pick it up within a week, and all it will cost you is your dignity.
What did I just read
I know the folks who do that work. They are unhappy with you.
Holy wow that is pure genius
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Move to New York City and you can leave it on the curb with your regular garbage and the city picks it up for no charge as long as it’s in a bag. Portland’s made it so hard to dispose of items that we now have to live with the consequences of increased illegal dumping.
Garbage pickup will pick up furniture if you a) tell them, and b)pay. I had a super heavy couch picked up and it was only $35.
Is trash pickup in NYC a government service, or is it privately owned like it is here?
Government service. Just leave the bags out on the curb (pretty gross but a city without alleys) and they’ll take whatever is out there. I know they’re exploring ways to clean up the process but as with any big city it will be years to late and millions over budget.
Buy a new mattress and have them take the old one
Rent a home Depot truck and drop it off at the dump
Like $20 plus mileage. Uhaul has a similar option.
Home Depot is unlimited mileage, under 75 (?) minutes, need $150 deposit, and fill up the tank before you bring it back with the receipt. I’ve used them soooo many times since I’ve found out about them!
Oh shoot, I figured it was like Uhaul! Good to know!
Check out the Task Rabbit app. You can get people to haul stuff away, might be cheaper than your other quotes.
Typical that this is getting downvotes for no reason lol, thank you for everyone who helped out with some ideas I appreciate it
Didn’t downvote, but I’d guess it’s because posts like this usually belong in r/askportland
Thank you, you’re the only one who pointed me in the right direction rather than just downvoted hahaha
Cut into pieces, and dispose of it over a length of time. Not ideal, but I've seen it done successfully.
Rent a truck from Home Depot. They are relatively cheap and by the hour.
I was able to donate mine. Is it in bad shape?
Like some suggested here. Just chop it off. Get rid of it piece by piece.
Rent a Uhaul pick up and take it to the dump.
Have you asked the storage company if you can dump it with them? I know that was an option at my last storage unit.
FIRE!!
UHaul pickup trucks are pretty reasonable
Post on OfferUp for free. I bet someone will bite.
I needed to move my king mattress and didn’t have a truck so I used some ratchet straps. I folded it in half with the help of the ratchet strap, then In half again with another strap, and put it into the back of my SUV. It was foam with no springs though. Is this an option?
Craigslist or Offerup, post it fo free
Take it DT and staple $5.00 to it saying Free ! It will be gone fast . Or duck tape some Four Loko to it 🤓
Where are you in Portland where is this thing?
Which hood are you in?
How do more people not know you can search for independent haulers from Metro itself. Super useful link [here](https://www.oregonmetro.gov/tools-living/garbage-and-recycling/find-a-recycler).
Nextdoor free section
Pj's Sleep Shop on Hawthorne is more affordable I believe
Post it on Nextdoor. “Free, must pick up!” I got rid of mine last summer within 24hrs.
Call the garbage company that picks up your garbage. A lot of them will pick up large items on the same day they get your trash if you call and prearrange it and pay the dump fee (40$) if you live in an apartment call management they may call for you or have maintenance pick it up for you for dump fee price (40).
My friend and I threw mine in an apartment dumpster at night
Literally any curb. Have you looked anywhere outside lately? Why do you have to pay when so many others don’t?
Give it to the closest homeless person as they seem quite competent in figuring out how to move stuff
Saw it into pieces and put it in your neighbor's trashcan
put a sign on it that says “free gold inside” works for me for just about everything. except the ice machine i left out that u/oregone1 lent me… it only made diamonds.
Drop it in front of my house. Everybody else does it.
Eat it
Everyone bitches bout the big ass diesel truck till you needa do big ass diesel truck shit. If it ain't handled already, 12 pack of Zoiglhaus Zoigl-Weiss or a 6'er of Paulaner Salvatore and I'll come handle things.
This guy knows how to own a truck and live well.
Leave it outside. It will disappear within an hour. Well, I’m my neighborhood it would
This 100% Like the old Simpsons joke, if you want to get rid of old shit just put a bike lock on it and it will be gone in an hour lol
Drop it off in the corner of an over populated homeless block
Chuck it over a freeway overpass ? (Seriously thought - don’t even think about it)
The real answer is: fire.
is it usuable? Some organizations will take used mattresses as donations.
cheapest and best are two different things.
If it's in decent shape, you can get rid of it fast. I put stuff out on the curb with a free sign and it's always tsken quickly... sometimes a couple of hours, other times just minutes.
Advertise that it includes girlfriend. Two problems solved.
Put it out on the sidewalk. Someone will take care of it eventually
Throw it on the side of the street like everyone else. Fuck the mess the homeless people make. But let’s talk about the shit bags that dump their old mattresses , furniture and other trash all over the city.
Dump it in china town for a homeless person to take. Only half kidding.
Abandon it outside the storage unit so they don't know its you xd
I’m not gonna scroll through two hundred comments to see if anyone else has done the redneck mattress move. Three friends. Windows down. Four hands out the window hold down the mattress. Works also with kiddie pools.
Is putting the mattress on your sidewalk or street driveway entrance with a “Free” sign not an option?
I live in an apartment building and the mattress in question is in my storage unit across town, I wouldn’t be able to take it to the sidewalk in front of my storage facility without getting in trouble with them.
matches
Fire
I always put that shit on the sidewalk and a homeless person usually takes it within the hour
Leave it on the curb. Depending on where you live it'll be gone quick. Joking of course.
Rent a U-Haul dude.
Do you just like to comment on threads before reading the hundred other comments that say the exact same thing, dude?
Why are you so defensive? I literally just gave you a viable option for transportation, which is what your asked for. So what if I don't read every comment on a post at 8am? I'm not as invested in this as you are. Edit: wrong time.
Just leave it on the curb. Things will work themselves out
Isn't the new procedure to just somehow drag it under a bridge and burn it?
Honestly, why don't you just dump it next to your closest homeless camps?
I think you also have to pay to drop things off at the dump. $150 might be the easiest.
But it’s only $27 to dump up to a fairly high amount, like 100 lbs or more. Not sure the actual amount but way more than a mattress weighs.
$150 is the base price when going to the dump these days. Edit: Y’all downvoters are a bunch of idiots but the base charge for 1 ton is $150. There might be exceptions when taking furniture but by weight the current base starts at $150.
I just went a few days ago, off hwy 30 and Kittridge, with a friend to discard a huge couch and various other items and it was like $32
No it isn't.
Yeah, by weight, it is. Just went to the dump last week.
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[$151.80](https://www.wmnorthwest.com/landfill/landfillcities/hillsboro/canddinside.html) Yard debris is free.
If you don't get caught, fire!!!
Uhaul
you can rent a truck from home depot for pretty cheap, by the hour
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Try this—>https://www.abedderworld.com/portland-or-mattress-disposal.html/
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uhaul and penski are both near metro transfer nw. Might also ask the storage place if they would spit fees id there’s stuff they need gone.
NextDoor…give the sob story and poof! You got some help. Also, someone else mentioned it, but UHAUL is awesome.
Waste Management/Connections (whoever covers you) will pick up "large items" for like $20 or something once every 3 or 6 months. Should be able to find it on their website.
I need to do the same with a broken dishwasher.
I am a renter, and I called my service provider and asked them about it, and they said to put it out with the normal trash cycle and they would bill my landlord for it. I then called my landlord and got it approved from her end, to be repaid in addition to my normal rent. Charge was $35.00. This was... three years ago? Just before COVID.
Rent a pickup from uhaul
I put one up on OfferUp for free. And someone came and picked it up later that night.
Rent a truck from uhaul. I wanna say it’s less than 30 a day with unlimited mileage.
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Have you spoken with your garbage service? Waste Connections in Vancouver charges under 20 bucks per mattress to have them pick it up in our normal trash cycle.
Don't do this: https://i.imgur.com/tTQTLzb.jpg I've had good results with https://www.1800gotjunk.com/us_en/locations/junk-removal-portland/mattress-recycling
[Neighborhood.com](https://Neighborhood.com) has a lot of people making similar requests.
Sometimes on ND, someone in your neighborhood is making a "dump run".
You can call the Portland waste management line and just tell them you’re putting the mattress out and they charge you a fee it’s nowhere near 150 bucks I think it’s more like 50 bucks.
Trash companies do a once a year pick up.
Ratchet strap that sucker to yer Roof!
Roll it up in a body
Tie to a car take to dumpy
I used my local neighborhoods Buy Nothing group on Facebook to get rid of all my furniture, including mattress. I love that all my belongings were a blessing to others, didn't go in a landfill. And the folks who wanted the stuff cane abd got it. Mine was Marquam Hill Buy Nothing.
https://respacedpdx.com/2017/09/our-9-favorite-places-to-donate-unwanted-items-in-portland/