Adding life to the landfill. Barrie residents urged to participate in curbside textile collection

City of Barrie residents are encouraged to help keep reusable items out of the landfill by participating in the curbside collection of textiles (clothing, linens, towels, stuffed toys and shoes) from May 5 to 9, 2025.

Donating your items 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 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 regularly scheduled waste collection day. For Friday waste collection areas, textile collection occurs on Monday, May 5.

There are also four textile bins at facilities across the city that accept textile donations year-round. The bin locations are as follows: Operations Centre at 165 Ferndale Drive North, Wastewater Treatment Facility at 167 Bradford Street, Sadlon Arena at 555 Bayview Drive, and Allandale Recreation Centre at 190 Bayview Drive.

Barrie has two curbside textile collections per year, and the next collection will take place in October 2025. More information on curbside 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.