LEAF & BRUSH PICKUP

BRUSH PICKUP

Township employees will pick up brush piles on the first Tuesday of each month.

• Branches should be less than 4″ in diameter.
• To facilitate easy feeding into the chipper, please try to set branches near the road with the largest ends closest to the shoulder. 
• The township chipper cannot safely handle beach debris or material such as stumps, rocks, dirt, nails, metal, or sand.
• During the fall months, please keep leaves separate from branches because they are collected using different equipment.

Yard waste such as grass and garden clippings will not get collected with brush pickup, but can be dropped off at the enclosure for compostable materials at the maintenance complex on State Road.

LEAF PICKUP

The Portage Township leaf pick-up program helps township residents dispose of leaves without harming the environment.  Leaf collection starts in late October and runs through the end of November. 

Please help the township workers by keeping sticks and other dense materials out of the leaf piles. Since our equipment has a limited reach, please do your best to keep all leaf piles off the pavement but no further than 6 feet from the edge of the road.