OUR NEXT BRUSH PICKUP IS GOING TO BE COMBINED WITH OUR SPRING LEAF PICKUP! LEAVES THAT ARE BAGGED ONLY IN BIODEGRADABLE PAPAER BAGS WILL BE COLLECTED THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF APRIL.(Sunday, April 1 to Saturday, April 7) You can also put your brush out at the same time. They will NOT collect loose leaves, or leaves bagged in plastic garbage bags, railroad ties, logs, stumps, or branches larger than four feet long and 3" inches around.

ANNUAL SPRING CLEANUP - 2012! It's time again to clean our basements, closets and garages and throw out anything that isn't good enough for GoodWill or Salvation Army or a yard sale. OUR PICKUP DATE IS MAY 3, 2012. It's important to place your items at the curb by 7 a.m. NO EARLIER than 3 days before May 3rd! The City of Portage has no responsibility for items removed from the curbside by private parties. This means don't leave children's toys and bikes out in the parkway during these times. They may accidently pick up things that you didn't intend to give away! Please separate trash and metals at the curb. WHAT WILL BE COLLECTED: Bed springs and mattresses, metal-piled separately, old appliances, including washers, dryers, stoves, TV's and hot water heaters. Also, lawn/yard equipment but you must drain oil and fuel from them. Other items must be bundled, bagged or boxed. Each package should weigh less than 50 lobs. WHAT WILL NOT BE COLLECTED: Garbage, Animal Waste, brush and leaves, gas cans or fuel containers, large auto parts, paint and chemicals, railroad ties, computers and monitors, tires, sand, gravel or sod, broken concrete, scrap building materials from demoliton, new construction or remodeling, refrigerators, air conditioners and dehumidifiers (because of the fluorcarbons, which are considered hazardous waste!)