Right by ASU (85281–85284) — the densest student housing in the Valley, walk-up apartments, and a mattress in every unit come the early-May move-out. Twin $111, queen $139, king $154, box spring $124, carried down the stairs and out with no stair fee, same-day when a slot's open. No service tax.
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Same-day is usually open. During the May move-out week we run morning windows across Tempe and recommend booking a day ahead so you're not competing with every other lease on your street.
The crew takes it from the bedroom, down two or three flights, and out to the truck. You don't drag anything to the dumpster or the curb, and the stairs cost nothing extra.
Flat by size, quoted from your photo. The carry-down, the drive, and the disposal are already inside the number — there is no per-flight charge, no fuel line, and no tax line.
| Item | Flat price |
|---|---|
| Twin mattress | $111 |
| Box spring (any size) | $124 |
| Full mattress | $126 |
| Queen mattress | $139 |
| Futon (frame + pad) | $139 |
| King mattress | $154 |
| Mattress + box spring set | $192 |
| Bed frame | $92 |
| Mini fridge | $155 |
$75 minimum on very small jobs. Disposal and the walk-up carry-down are included. Taking the frame, the futon, the desk and the mini fridge at the same time? Send one photo of the lot and we price it together as a single number instead of stacking item prices. Arizona doesn't tax the removal service, so nothing gets added at the end.
For outside context: third-party cost trackers put a typical Phoenix-metro junk-removal job in the $226–$237 range, and national single-item services such as LoadUp list mattress pickup starting around $100 — usually for a curbside-only pickup where you've already carried it outside. Our $139 queen includes bringing it down from the third floor.
| Option | Cost | Speed | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leave it in the complex's alley or dumpster corral | "Free" | Instant | Most Tempe complexes fine the lease-holder for bulk left at the dumpster — and it's your name on the lease |
| Wait for the city bulk schedule | Free | Days to weeks | Tempe sets its own schedule, and it won't line up with a lease that ends Saturday — plus it's curbside, so you carry it down |
| Donate it | Free | — | Thrift stores refuse used mattresses on hygiene grounds; this route effectively doesn't exist for beds |
| Self-haul to a transfer station | ~$55/ton gate rate + your time | Half a day | A queen does not fit in a Civic, and you're still the one carrying it down three flights |
| JunkRabbit | $111–$154 flat | Same day | None — flat photo price, carried down from a third-floor walk-up, no stair fee |
This is the question that trips up every renter here, because Tempe is not on the City of Phoenix program. Phoenix proper switched its bulk trash to an appointment-based system — a maximum of four collections per calendar year, scheduled up to three business days out, with items set out no more than seven days ahead. That's Phoenix's rule, and it does not apply on your side of the Rural Road line.
Tempe runs its own bulk schedule, and rather than quote you a date we'd rather tell you the part that actually matters: it will not line up with a lease that ends on a Saturday. A municipal calendar is set months in advance for your collection zone; your move-out is set by a leasing office. When those two dates disagree — and they almost always do during the first two weeks of May — the mattress either sits in the apartment past your key hand-back, or it sits at the curb where a complex or an HOA can cite you for it. Check your own pickup window directly with the City of Tempe before you count on it.
And even when the dates cooperate, every municipal program in the Valley shares the same structural limit: it's curbside. The truck comes to the street. Nobody comes up to a third-floor unit on Apache Blvd, unhooks a box spring from a tight stairwell, and walks it down for you. That part is always yours — unless you call someone whose whole job is that part. That's the gap we fill: you pick the day, we come to the bedroom.
Here's the honest version, because mattress recycling gets oversold. Arizona has no statewide mattress-recycling mandate — unlike California or Connecticut, there's no state program, no recycling fee collected at purchase, and no guaranteed drop-off network. Recycling capacity does exist in the Valley and we use it when a load can be routed there, but we're not going to promise you that every mattress gets deconstructed, because that isn't how it works here.
What we can promise specifically: metal gets recycled. Bed frames, headboard rails, and the spring cores inside a traditional innerspring or box spring are scrap steel, and scrap steel has a real market in Phoenix. Mini fridges are handled as refrigerant appliances rather than tossed. Anything with electronics — the TV, the monitor, the dead printer — is separated for e-waste. What genuinely can't be diverted goes to a licensed transfer station and is disposed of properly, which given ~$55/ton desert disposal is a cost we can absorb inside a flat price instead of passing to you as a surprise "heavy item" fee.
Three different access realities sit inside one small city, and the price is the same for all of them.
Off Apache Blvd and around campus, the norm is a two- or three-story walk-up with an exterior stairwell and no elevator at all. That's not an edge case here, it's the default building type, and it's the single reason people stall on getting a mattress out: a queen is awkward, heavy, and impossible to steer alone around a landing. Our crews do it in pairs, in minutes, and there is no stair fee — not for the second floor, not for the third.
On Mill Ave and the blocks feeding it, the problem isn't stairs, it's the truck. Loading is tight: metered street parking, narrow alleys behind the bars and shops, permit zones, and delivery traffic all day. We route Tempe with that in mind and take early windows where we can, which in June through September also means finishing before the afternoon heat rather than after it.
At the Tempe Town Lake high-rises, it's the opposite problem — everything is indoors and everything is scheduled. Those buildings require a Certificate of Insurance naming the management company as additional insured, typically at $1M general liability per occurrence, and a reserved freight-elevator window with a dock time. Plenty of haulers can't produce a COI on request; we file it and book the elevator, and it's included rather than billed as a high-rise surcharge.
The calendar drives this page. ASU residence halls close around May 9, 2026, and that single date compresses the entire year's student housing turnover into roughly one week. What comes out of those buildings is remarkably consistent: mattresses and box springs, futons, mini fridges, and a mountain of IKEA debris that was assembled once in August and will not survive being taken apart again. If you're moving out that week, book ahead — the whole city is doing the same thing on the same three days.
But the ASU calendar is only the spike. The rest of the year, Tempe turns over continuously:
"Third-floor walk-up, lease up in May. They carried the queen and box spring down and out same-day. Flat price, no stair fee, no tax line. Lifesaver."
"Booked the mattress plus my old couch and desk in one quote. Gone the same afternoon. Way easier than dragging it to the dumpster."
"Graduated and needed it gone fast. Photo, flat price, carried down two flights. Easy and cheap."
How much does mattress removal cost in Tempe?
Twin $111, full $126, queen $139, king $154, box spring $124, mattress and box spring together as a set $192. Futon $139, bed frame $92, mini fridge $155. $75 minimum on very small jobs, disposal and carry-down included, no Arizona sales tax on the service.
My building has no elevator — is there a stair charge?
No. Walk-ups are the default off Apache and Mill, so carrying a mattress down two or three flights is the normal job, not an add-on. The photo price is the final price.
Can you come same-day during ASU move-out week?
Usually. Halls close around May 9, 2026 and we staff Tempe heavily that week. Booking a day ahead gets you a morning window instead of whatever's left.
Will the city pick it up instead?
Tempe runs its own bulk schedule, separate from Phoenix's appointment-only program — and it won't line up with a lease ending Saturday. It's also curbside, so the carry-down is still yours. Confirm your own window with the City of Tempe if you want to try.
Can I donate it instead?
Realistically, no. Thrift stores refuse used mattresses on hygiene grounds no matter how clean it looks. Metal frames and springs go to scrap on our end.
Is it cheaper than a traditional full-service hauler?
Third-party trackers put a typical Phoenix-metro job around $226–$237, and volume-priced haulers usually confirm only on site. A queen at $139 with the stairs and the disposal included is a known number up front.
Do you do the whole apartment?
Yes — end-of-lease clears are priced as truck-fill. Send a photo of the room and we'll quote the lot in one number.
Yes, and it is the normal job here. Most of the housing off Apache Blvd and Mill Ave is two- and three-story walk-up, so our crews carry mattresses and box springs down the stairs every day. There is no stair fee and no floor surcharge — the price you were quoted from the photo is the price.
Tempe sets its own bulk-collection schedule, separate from the City of Phoenix appointment program, and the honest problem is timing: a municipal schedule will not line up with a lease that ends on a Saturday. It is also curbside, which means dragging a queen mattress down three flights and leaving it on the street until the truck comes. We pick a slot that matches your move-out and carry it out of the bedroom instead.
Almost certainly not. Thrift stores and donation centers routinely refuse used mattresses on hygiene grounds regardless of condition, which is why the donation route that works for a couch does not work for a bed. We route what we can to recycling instead, and metal frames and box spring springs go to scrap.
Yes — those four items are the classic Tempe move-out load. A bed frame is $92, a futon $139, a mini fridge $155. Send one photo of the pile and we price the whole thing as a single flat number rather than item by item at the door.
Our number is flat and quoted from your photo before we arrive. Third-party cost trackers put a typical Phoenix-metro junk-removal job around $226 to $237, and traditional haulers price by how much of the truck you fill, usually confirming only once they are standing in your apartment. A single queen at $139 with the carry-down and the disposal included is a known number, not an estimate.