Curbside Leaf & Yard Waste

Victoria Day Holiday Schedule for 
Garbage, Recycling, Organics and Yard Waste Collection

There will be no organics, garbage, recycling, and yard waste collection on Victoria Day, Monday, May 21, 2012 in the City of Barrie.

Collection during the week of this holiday will occur ONE day later for the remainder of the week as follows:

The Landfill Site is closed regularly every Sunday and Monday.

Barrie residents are reminded to have their materials at curbside by 7:00 a.m. on their collection day.

For more information please call the City of Barrie at 739-4219.

Curbside Leaf & Yard Waste Collection Schedule

Weekly	Bi-Weekly	No Collection
January	July	February
April	August	March
May	December
June
September
October
November

Please ensure you find out what your regular scheduled collection day is and what week (Week A or Week B) your area is for the bi-weekly collection months (July, August, December). To determine collection areas please check the City of Barrie's Community Information and Waste Reduction Calendar.

Normal leaf and yard waste collection will occur on Remembrance Day, Easter Monday and Boxing Day.

If there are changes to the collection schedule, notice of the changes will be posted one week prior to the holiday.

Acceptable Items	Unacceptable Items
leaves	NO kitchen waste
brush	NO milled lumber
pumpkins	NO stumps or tree limbs with a diameter in excess of 10cm (4'')
grass clippings	NO tree limbs in excess of 6 feet in length
bales of straw	NO unbundled brush
tree trimmings	NO sod, dirt or soil
garden fruit tree waste	NO kitchen organics
Christmas trees

Leaf & Yard Waste Packaging

• Leaf and yard waste should be placed curbside by 7:00 a.m. for collection
• Should be placed in a separate container from regular garbage
• Please leave lids off containers and boxes open so the collectors can see their contents
• Clippings from trees and shrubs should be tied securely in small bundles to permit easy handling
• Bundles must be no larger than 1.8 metres in length and 0.3m (1ft) in diameter and weigh no more than 20 kgs (45lbs)
• Tree limbs must be no larger than 10cm (4 inches) in diameter and no longer than 1.8m (6ft) and have a maximum height of 2.6 metres (8 ½ feet)

Acceptable Leaf & Yard Waste Containers	Unacceptable Leaf & Yard Waste Containers
garbage cans	Do not place your acceptable leaf and yard waste materials into the following containers for curbside pick-up or they will not be picked up:
bushel baskets	organics carts
burlap bags	blue and grey recycling boxes
paper leaf and yard waste bags	plastic bags
corrugated cardboard boxes	Organics Carts are meant for organic material only and blue and grey recycling boxes are meant for recyclables only.
boxes, jute/burlap, and paper bags will be taken and composted

Landfill Yard Waste Disposal Fees

• Residential leaf and yard waste can be dropped off at City of Barrie's Landfill Site at 272 Ferndale Drive North at no charge for loads under 100kg. For loads 100kg and over, a fee of $55.70 per tonne is charged.
• A $6.00 minimum charge applies to commercial yard waste for loads under 100kg. A charge of $55.70 for loads 100kg and over applies to commercial leaf and yard waste/brush. 
• If the materials are packaged in plastic bags, the bags must be removed.
• Branches in excess of 4” in diameter will be charged the regular user rate for waste.
• Sod is accepted at the landfill site to be composted as long as the soil has been removed. Topsoil or 'clean fill' is not accepted at the landfill site.

For more information on the City of Barrie's leaf and yard waste program please visit this R' Waste Fact Sheet.