The City of Barrie’s Curbside Giveaway Day is taking place this Saturday, June 8, 2024. This event is a chance for residents to give gently used or unwanted items a second life. It’s like a garage sale but without the money exchange.
Apart from finding things for free, participants also benefit by cleaning their homes of unwanted items, while helping prolong the life of Barrie’s landfill. This helps support a circular economy, which is a movement toward greener, more sustainable options, by considering using items in new ways so they can be reused, and sharing things instead of throwing them out.
Participating in Curbside Giveaway Day is as easy as 1-2-3:
- Gather up items around your home that are no longer used, but that other people might like to have (toys, books, furniture, sporting goods, small appliances, tools, art, etc.)
- On the morning of Saturday, June 8, put your items at the curb and mark them as “free”
- Look for free treasures around your neighbourhood!
Participants can also share their available items by posting on the City's Facebook event page for Curbside Giveaway Day.
Curbside Giveaway Day runs from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday, June 8, 2024. Anything that does not find a new home must be taken back in by 9 p.m. as there will be no special municipal collection. If residents need to get rid of items, they can visit barrie.ca/AlternativeOptions or barrie.ca/landfill for more information on how to properly do so.
Curbside Giveaway Day happens twice per year in Barrie—in the spring and in the fall. The next event takes place on September 21.
