City of Portage, Indiana / Recycling Division

Recycling Division

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The City of Portage would like to invite all residents to participate in our curbside recycling program. We offer this service free of charge and will provide you with 2 recycling containers; you will have 2 pick-ups per month. We also offer an electronic recycling program, IDEM now requires that all electronics with cords be recycled. These items may be placed out on garbage day for pick-up or dropped of at the Street Department Mon-Fri between the hours of 7am-3pm.

The items we recycle are as follows

Newspaper & Non-Corrugated Cardboard

Please remove plastic sleeve from newspapers

We do not take magazines or phone books

Corrugated Cardboard

Please make sure all boxes are broken down and placed by recycling bins.

Glass Bottles

We accept Brown, Green, and Clear Glass

Please remove all lids

We do not take frosted or window glass, Pyrex, ceramics, or painted glass.

Plastic Bottles

We accept #1 and #2 Plastic

Please remove caps and labels from bottles

#1: Clear, Green and Blue Shiny Bottle

#2: Milk Jugs, Laundry Detergent, Fabric Softener, Liquid Bleach, Skin Lotion,

Bubble Bath.

Aluminum Cans

We accept all aluminum cans, also, clean aluminum such as pots, pans, frozen food containers, and aluminum foil.

Metal

Vegetable, fruit and pet cans

Please rinse or wash

If you are interested in participating in our Recycling Program please call our office between the hours of 7am-3pm at 762-4564. We will be happy to answer any questions you may have and drop bins off at your home.

Recycling 1 aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for 3 hours

To produce each week's Sunday newspaper, 500,000 trees are cut down.

Every month we throw away enough recyclable glass bottles to fill up a giant skyscraper.

Americans throw away 25,000,000 plastic beverage bottles every hour.