EDITORIAL: Mow down improper yard waste

If it's hard to teach old dogs new tricks, teaching old gardeners might be tricky.

Portage urging residents to rethink how they cut grass

PORTAGE | Breaking habits can be difficult, even when it comes to something as simple as cutting the lawn.

Portage to purchase more trash bins to meet demands

PORTAGE | The Board of Works on Monday authorized spending up to $21,000 for additional trash and recycling bins.

More communities finding the cash value of recycling

Recycling is good for the ecology and a community's economy, but efforts at recycling vary greatly across the region.

Utility board to reimburse street department for work

PORTAGE | The Utility Services Board this week approved reimbursing the street department for work done by its employees.

Trash, recycling toters delayed for half of Portage

PORTAGE | Delivery of the new 96-gallon trash and recycling toters has been delayed to about half of the city.

Portage to roll out new trash, recycling system

PORTAGE | Delivery of the new 96-gallon trash and recycling toters is scheduled to begin this week.

Portage seeks bids for new street/sanitation equipment

PORTAGE | The streets and sanitation department was given approval by the Board of Works this week to seek bids on five new pieces of equipment.

Portage aims to boost recycling, save money

PORTAGE | Officials are expecting the city's recycling collection to triple within the first month of putting a new collection system in place.

Portage council approves new trash ordinance

PORTAGE | The City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a new trash collection ordinance.

Portage looks to revamp street, sanitation facility

PORTAGE | Parked outside the city's Street and Sanitation Department facility is a row of equipment.

Automated trash pickup moves step closer

PORTAGE | After a few delays, the Board of Works on Monday approved a five-year contract with Republic Services of Chesterton as the city's waste hauler, making automated trash and recycling one step closer to reality.

Portage to take on more of its own mowing

PORTAGE | City employees will take on more work maintaining city-owned property, including mowing and landscaping.

Portage considers automated trash collection

PORTAGE | The city made its first pitch Tuesday to switch from traditional trash collection to an automated system.

Randy Reeder

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