recycling drop-off centers

A former Portage mayor worries that ending curbside recycling pickup could pose challenges for those who may be unable to take items to recycling centers themselves. Portage ended curbside pickup in February because those items weren't actually being recycled, due to the amount of trash placed in the toters. Hobart followed suit this week.

The city of Hobart is the latest Region community to end curbside recycling pickup, since those items weren't actually being recycled. In a press release, the city said items placed in recycling toters were being sent to the landfill, since the amount of trash in them left the loads unsuitable for processing.

Portage residents who still want to recycle can take items to the U.S. 12 compost site or the Portage Street Department during business hours.

Portage may soon be ending curbside recycling pickup. Due to the amount of trash being put in recycling toters, the city's contractor put the recycling program on suspension in 2021. That means nothing going in the recycling toters is actually being recycled, according to a Facebook post last week from Mayor Austin Bonta.

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