Textile collection week in Barrie is May 4-8

The City of Barrie encourages residents to keep clothes and other textiles (linens, towels, stuffed toys, and shoes) out of the landfill by donating these items during Textile Collection Week: May 4 to May 8. Textile Collection Week is delivered in partnership with Recycling Rewards. Last year, over 16.83 tonnes of material was diverted from the landfill through this program.

Donating your textiles is easy:

• Confirm your textile collection day (it’s a different day than your regular curbside collection day for organics, recycling, and garbage). The textile collection schedule is available below or by visiting RecyclingRewards.com/barrie.
• Place your items in a bag (preferably a clear bag, but if you don’t have a clear bag, you can use any type of waterproof plastic bag) and put a label on the bag that says “textiles”.
• Put your items out on the curb on your textile collection day by 7 a.m., rain or shine. The bags will be picked up by Recycling Rewards trucks before 5 p.m. on your textile collection day.

For Monday to Thursday waste collection areas, textile collection occurs the day after your regular waste collection day. For Friday waste collection areas, textile collection occurs on Monday, May 4.

If you missed your curbside pickup, there are also donation bins at facilities across Barrie accepting textiles year-round. The bins can be found at the Operations Centre (165 Ferndale Drive N), Wastewater Maintenance Facility (167 Bradford Street), Sadlon Arena (555 Bayview Drive), and the Allandale Recreation Centre (190 Bayview Drive).

More information on Textile Collection Week is available at barrie.ca/TextileCollectionWeek. Residents can also visit barrie.ca/AlternativeWasteDisposal for more information about ways to repurpose, reuse, or recycle clothing, textiles, and dispose of other items.