The Annual Community Clean-Up will be held Saturday, May 7th at the Department of Public Works compound. This years Clean Up will again be a joint effort between the City of Portland, Portland Township, and Danby Township! Hours will be from 7 a.m. to Noon.

Accepted Items

Any type of junk or trash that can legally be placed in a landfill will be accepted. We can not accept the following items; tires, lead-acid batteries, sewage, yard trimmings, hazardous waste, liquids, radioactive materials, barrels or drums which are not empty and crushed, compressed gas cylinders that are not empty and disabled, appliances containing Freon (unless a valid reclamation sticker is attached). To keep our environment clean do not cut the Freon lines on appliances, they will not be accepted without a sticker. Any container with a hazardous waste label, ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic materials, medical wastes (unless sterilized and labeled), and asbestos wastes unless double-wrapped, labeled, and manifested will not be accepted. Absolutely no hazardous waste will be accepted at the DPW, please dispose of these items at the Hazardous Waste Disposal being held at the Fire Station from 8:00 A.M. until Noon on the same day.

Recyclables

We will also be separating recyclable items such as tin, steel, aluminum, etc. We will have dumpsters on-site for these items, so please keep this in mind when loading your truck or trailer.

Hazardous Waste Disposal

Hazardous Wastes will be collected for disposal on Saturday, May 7th from 8:00 AM to Noon on the East side of the Fire Station. Melissa Eldridge would appreciate it if you would contact her at 616-527-2098 ext. 3077 or via Email prior to disposal, although it is not required. Click here for more information and a complete list of items that can be accepted.

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