PRESS RELEASE
SIMCOE COUNTY
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Between June 6 and June 17, the county will maintain curbside clothes and textile collections to gather clear, dry, odor-free clothes from properties, together with these that can’t be reused. (This isn’t accessible to Orillia residents, however moderately to these in our space who reside in Severn, Ramara, and Oro-Medonte townships)
Simcoe County residents may have obtained pink plastic clothes and textile baggage within the mail throughout Could. Assortment will happen in week one, June 6-10, or week two, June 13-17, relying on your house location/space. (Every family may have just one assortment).
Assortment will usually happen on the residents’ common assortment day in the course of the family’s designated laundry assortment week. Pink clothes baggage or clear plastic baggage containing clothes and textiles should be positioned a minimal of two toes out of your carts on the curb by 7 a.m. for an additional truck.
To find out your assortment date, obtain the Simcoe County Collects app. The app is obtainable without spending a dime on the App Retailer and Google Play. Data can also be accessible at www.simcoe.ca/waste or inside your waste calendar.
To ensure assortment, the baggage should be sealed and weigh lower than 20 kilograms. Objects should be clear, dry and odor free. Acceptable supplies embody:
- clear garments
- towels and pillows
- Coats and outerwear
- Hats, belts and scarves
- Purses, backpacks, sleeping baggage and baggage
- Sneakers, socks, and mittens in pairs (wrap elastic to carry collectively)
The collected clothes and textiles are despatched to a facility for sorting/sorting. Most supplies are reused in Canada and a few are reused/recycled as rags or acoustical filler or shipped abroad. Ninety-eight % of the collected materials may be reused/recycled. For extra data on our clothes assortment, go to www.simcoe.ca/clothingcollection.
Curbside electronics assortment will happen June 20-July 1. Please be aware that households are assigned week one or week two assortment for the clothes and electronics assortment intervals. Your assigned week for every assortment schedule is constant.
Please be aware that this program doesn’t apply to residents of the separate cities of Barrie and Orillia.
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