Nobody wants to write about bed bugs and nobody wants to read about them, but after fourteen years of mattress pickups we can tell you the difference between households that handle an infestation well and the ones that accidentally spread it to their neighbors. It usually comes down to how the mattress leaves the building.
An infested mattress cannot be donated and cannot be recycled, full stop. It must go to the landfill in sealed, careful handling. When you flag bed bugs during booking, the Loader arrives prepared with the right approach, and every mattress that rides in that trailer after yours stays protected. Concealing it does not save the mattress; it just endangers the donation stream and other people's homes.
Before an infested mattress travels through a hallway, stairwell, or elevator, it should be fully encased in plastic: a mattress disposal bag from any hardware store, sealed with tape. Bed bugs drop off in transit, and a bare infested mattress dragged through an apartment corridor is how one unit's problem becomes a building's problem.
Disposing of the mattress does not end an infestation. Bed bugs live in frames, baseboards, outlets, and furniture seams. Replace the mattress without treating the room and the new mattress inherits the old problem. Pair disposal with professional treatment, and use encasements on the replacement.
The classic Atlanta mistake: an infested mattress leaned against a dumpster, free for the taking, and taken it gets. If an infested item must sit outside briefly, seal it and mark it clearly so no one carries the problem home. Better, schedule the pickup so it goes straight from the room to the trailer to responsible disposal.
Flagged items get sealed handling and go straight to disposal, never to donation or recycling. It has been our written policy since the original 2013 site, because the recycling-first promise only means something if the exceptions are handled with discipline.
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