Reduce, reuse and recycle unwanted textiles in Barrie: Here's how
Clothing and textile collection takes place the week of May 5, 2025, in Barrie.
It's that time of year again to spring clean and empty out your closets, just in time for the City of Barrie's Textile Collection Week, a convenient, easy way to unload items no longer needed.
Gather up reusable items and place them into clear garbage bags and leave them at the curb for collection. If you don't have clear bags, simply place items in a waterproof bag with a label reading 'Textiles.'
Textile collection days run one day after regular waste collection days, so if your garbage is collected on Monday, put your textiles out on Tuesday, if your regular collection day is Tuesday, textiles go out on Wednesday, and so forth. For those with Friday waste collection, textiles should be at the curb for Monday.
Textile Collection Dates
Textile Collection Week starts Mon., May 5. Bags should be curbside by 7 a.m. on your specific textile collection day. The City says they will be picked up by Recycling Rewards trucks before 5 p.m. that same day.
There is no limit to the number of bags that can be put to the curb. Donations support Cornerstone to Recovery, a non-profit charitable agency that helps those experiencing and impacted by addiction.
If you miss Textile Collection Week, don't stress, items can be dropped off in the city's four textile bins year-round. They are located at:
Operations Centre, 165 Ferndale Drive North
Barrie Wastewater Treatment Facility, 167 Bradford Street
Sadlon Arena, 555 Bayview Drive
Allandale Recreation Centre, 190 Bayview Drive
Acceptable items include clothing, linens, towels, stuffed toys, comforters, oven mitts, shoes, slippers, uniforms, undergarments, parkas, bathing suits, and curtains.
Complete information is available here.
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