Textile Collection Week

Help keep reusable items out of the landfill by participating in Textile Collection Week. Donating your items is easy:

1. Confirm your textile collection day (it’s a different day than your regular collection day for organics, recycling and garbage). See the collection schedule below and visit recyclingrewards.com/barrie for a map.
2. 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”.
3. Put your items out on the curb on your textile collection day by 7am, rain or shine. The bags will be picked up by Recycling Rewards trucks before 5pm on your textile collection day.

If your materials were placed curbside on your Textile Collection Day, but not collected by 5pm, please call Recycling Rewards at 1-866-927-3873 to report a missed collection. Trucks will return to pick up materials on Monday, May 12 from areas that reported missed collection. Place materials curbside by 7am.

Visit recyclingrewards.com/barrie or call 1-866-927-3873 for the full list of acceptable items, or if you have questions.

May 2025 Textile Collection Schedule

Your textile collection day is a different day than your regular collection day for organics, recycling and garbage.

About Textile Collection & Bins

Curbside textile collection is available to all Barrie residents, and there is no limit to the number of bags that residents can donate. If you live in an apartment or condominium, contact Recycling Rewards at 1-866-927-3873 or info@recyclingrewards.com to see if pickup can be arranged.

Donations support Cornerstone to Recovery, a non-profit, charitable agency that provides community-based recovery programs for individuals and families experiencing and impacted by addiction.

Barrie has two curbside textile collections per year, in the spring and fall. There are also four textile bins at facilities across Barrie that accept textile donations year-round:

• Operations Centre, 165 Ferndale Drive North
• Barrie Wastewater Treatment Facility, 167 Bradford Street
• Sadlon Arena, 555 Bayview Drive
• Allandale Recreation Centre, 190 Bayview Drive

Refer to Reusable Clothing & Textiles for more information on textile bins.

Did you know?  In 2024, Recycling Rewards trucks collected 25.83 tonnes of material from Barrie homes through the curbside textile collection program.