PORTAGE, MI — Portage residents are pushing back against a controversial contract for trash pickup in the city.
If organizers can collect 4,000 signatures to “take back the trash” before Dec. 20, the issue will go to a vote in May 2026, just two months after the single-hauler ordinance takes effect.
In July, the city council voted unanimously selected Waste Management to serve as Portage’s sole trash hauler…