Residents in Portage are receiving a letter in the mail about a change coming to their trash services. The city is transitioning to a single, city-wide hauler system, and there are a couple steps in the process that neighbors need to know about in the coming months.
The transition begins with yard waste collection. When residents put their yard waste bins out for the final pickup of the season in the next week or so, they’ll be saying goodbye to their old bins for good.
“You’re going to want to leave after the last pickup, and let them pick that cart up. And that’s true—whoever your current provider, including WM. You want to leave that waste cart out now, so they can get it collected,” Portage City Manager Pat McGinnis said…