Thousands of new waste and organics carts delivered in Barrie: Here’s what to know

The City of Barrie delivers thousands of new waste carts to residents of the September start to the new program.

The City of Barrie is preparing to switch over to a more modernized curbside collection program, and with that, roughly 13,000 new waste and organics carts having now been delivered to properties, with thousands more to go.

Deliveries of the new carts started last month and will run through August.

The carts won’t be in action until the new program launches on September 8, so the City advises parking them somewhere until then.

What to Know

Carts will be delivered to the end of driveways of each property and cannot be exchanged. The City says each cart is equipped with special tags linked to the property. Residents are not required to be home at the time of delivery.

Once carts arrive, residents are asked to write their address on the white portion to ensure they stay with the correct property.

Each property to receive one small 120-litre organics cart with a gravity lock and one large 240-litre garbage cart at no cost.

Recycling will remain in the blue and grey boxes since it’s not managed by the city. However, changes to the recycling program could be coming at a later date.

As with the current program, waste and organics carts will need to be rolled to the curb by 7 a.m. on collection day, and 4:30 a.m. in the downtown BIA.

While the carts are on an approximate delivery schedule, the City says they could arrive any day within the delivery window.