Mattress disposalCouncils, tips and recycling in Melbourne’s east
An old mattress has three ways out in Melbourne’s east: council hard rubbish, a tip, or a recycler’s kerbside collection. Here’s what each costs and allows.
- Every council’s mattress limit
- 2026–27 tip fees as published
- A recycler that collects
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The short answer
Your council’s hard rubbish collection is usually the cheapest way: every council in the east takes mattresses, within a limit. Otherwise, a tip charges per mattress, and a recycler will collect from your kerb for a fee. Mattresses aren’t banned from landfill in Victoria.
Mattresses in council hard rubbish
| Council | Mattresses per hard rubbish collection | How to put them out |
|---|---|---|
| Knox | Up to 2 mattresses and bed bases in total | Mattresses can be longer than Knox’s 1.5 m item limit |
| Maroondah | Up to 3 | To the side of the pile, with nothing on top |
| Whitehorse | Up to 2 mattresses and bed bases | Say so when you book, and put nothing on top |
| Manningham | Up to 2 per standard collection | With your booked collection |
| Monash | Up to 2 mattresses and bed bases | A paid extra collection until bookings start in 2027 |
| Yarra Ranges | Within the 3 m³ hard waste allowance | In their own pile, in your area’s collection week |
From each council’s own hard rubbish pages, checked 2 October 2026.
Booking details are in each council’s guide: Knox, Maroondah, Whitehorse, Manningham, Monash and Yarra Ranges.
Taking it to a tip
Every tip in the east takes mattresses and charges for each one. These are each facility’s own fees, not a range.
Mattress fees at the tip
| Facility | Published price | Who publishes it |
|---|---|---|
| Knox Transfer Station (mattress or bed base) | $38.50 each | Knox Transfer Station operator (GST included) |
| Monash centre, resident | $40.00 each | City of Monash (GST not stated) |
| Monash centre, non-resident | $44.00 each | City of Monash (GST not stated) |
| Whitehorse centre (mattress or base) | $40.00 each | Whitehorse City Council (levy and GST included) |
| Coldstream (mattress or bed base) | $44 each | Yarra Ranges Recycling Services (GST included) |
| Wesburn (mattress or bed base) | $50.00 each | Yarra Ranges Recycling Services (GST included) |
| Montrose (mattress or bed base) | $60 each | Montrose Transfer Station (GST and levy included) |
Each facility’s own fee for 2026–27, per mattress or base. Checked 2 October 2026.
Hours and addresses are in the guide to tips and transfer stations.
A recycler’s kerbside collection
Soft Landing, an Aboriginal-led not-for-profit social enterprise and an approved recycler under the Australian Bedding Stewardship Council, collects from the kerb on Fridays across most of the east. Maroondah Council lists it on its mattress page.
- Price: $78 for the first piece and $65 for each additional one, GST included (as of 1 July 2026). A mattress and a base are a piece each.
- Where: most suburbs in Knox, Maroondah, Monash, Whitehorse and Manningham, and western Yarra Ranges. Not Healesville, Coldstream, Yarra Junction, Belgrave, Monbulk or Warburton.
- Putting it out: on the kerb the day before. Cancelling after 2pm on the day before costs $26.18.
- Not taken: slat bases, bases with drawers, motorised beds, and anything with bed bugs or other vermin, blood or excrement. Wet or mouldy mattresses are fine.
It has no single-mattress drop-off in Melbourne: its Bayswater site takes drop-offs by appointment, from 20 mattresses.
A mattress in a skip
If you’re clearing out more than a bed, a mattress can usually go in the skip too. Because tips charge for each one, a mattress in a skip costs extra: tell us how many when you book, and we’ll confirm the price before delivery. What can go in a skip bin covers the rest.
Common questions
Can I leave an old mattress on the nature strip?
Only for a booked hard rubbish collection, or in your area’s collection week in Yarra Ranges. EPA Victoria says it’s illegal to leave any kind of waste somewhere not licensed to accept it, and names mattresses among the dumped household waste to report to your council.
Are mattresses from hard rubbish recycled?
In Maroondah, yes: Council says mattresses, scrap metal and e-waste from hard waste are collected for recycling, while other household items go to landfill. The other councils don’t say on the pages we read.
Where this information comes from
The rules and fees on this page come from these published pages, checked on 2 October 2026.
- Knox City Council: hard rubbish collection · Council page on booked collections and what they exclude
- Maroondah City Council: hard rubbish and bundled prunings · Council page on booked collections and what they exclude
- Maroondah City Council: mattresses · Council A to Z entry
- Whitehorse City Council: hard waste · Council page, including its advice for unit and apartment blocks
- Manningham Council: book a hard rubbish collection · Council page with the accepted and refused lists
- City of Monash: annual hard waste collection · Council page on the 2026 collection and bookings from 2027
- Yarra Ranges Council: hard rubbish · Council page on the annual hard rubbish collection
- Knox Transfer Station: gate prices · Transfer station gate prices as of 1 July 2026, GST included
- City of Monash: Recycling and Waste Centre accepted items and fees · Council fees, 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027
- Whitehorse Recycling and Waste Centre: items accepted at a charge · Council fees 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027, including levy and GST
- Yarra Ranges Recycling Services: Coldstream gate prices · Transfer station gate prices as of 1 July 2026, GST included
- Yarra Ranges Recycling Services: Wesburn gate prices · Operator prices as of 1 July 2026, GST included
- Montrose Transfer Station: fees and hours · Operator fees as of 1 July 2026, GST and landfill levy included
- Soft Landing: prices and collection · Not-for-profit mattress recycler, prices as of 1 July 2026, GST included
- Soft Landing: Melbourne collection suburbs · Recycler’s list of Friday collection suburbs, July 2026
- Australian Bedding Stewardship Council: recycling · Industry stewardship body’s list of approved recyclers
- EPA Victoria: report illegal waste dumping · State regulator page, updated 8 September 2026
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