When I bought a bed last year I had the hardest time figuring out what to do with the old one. Like the OP, I wanted to be semi responsible and recycle it or something other than chuck it in some random dumpster. My area didn't have mattress pick up (some towns do have specific mattress pick ups though) and recycling, as it turns out, is very expensive with mattresses b/c of all the labor involved to separate the components. Ultimately, I put it up on craigslist for free (the bed was actually only 3-4 years old, but was fairly cheap new, and I was buying a bigger one) and it was gone within an hour! I had 50+ responses before I took the ad down. I must say, it was a little sad to read all the emails - I might have been getting a line from a lot of these people, but it seemed there was a real need out there. The people who picked it said their mothers house burned and she didn't have money to replace most of the stuff. The result was a win b/c now this lady had a bed and my bed didn't have to go to the dump. Granted a used bed wouldn't be my #1 choice but what do you people think your sleeping on at a hotel? How many people stayed there before you?
