Protect rates in Portage. Keep what’s working. Vote NO.

Portage’s move to a smarter, more efficient system for trash and recycling delivers real savings, reliable service and smarter sustainability for our community. An upcoming ballot proposal would undo that progress.

A NO vote keeps the current single-hauler system in place – one hauler, one price and real savings for residents.

NO

Yes

A vote YES brings back higher costs, pricing games and confusion for residents.

The one-hauler system is designed to fix the problems residents experienced for years: inconsistent pricing, confusion over service and multiple trucks crowding the same streets.

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Benefits of Single-Hauler
Myths Vs. Facts
What Your Vote Means
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One-hauler benefits to Portage residents

Real savings

44% cost reduction

One clear price

Simple, predictable and easy to understand

Reliable service

Consistent performance backed by a City-enforced agreement

Safer, quieter neighborhoods

Fewer trucks = reduced noise, traffic and road wear 

Smarter sustainability

Cleaner operations, fewer emissions and more efficient routes

What about our choice?

You may have seen claims online about “losing choice.” But under the previous system, residents faced a different kind of frustration: unclear pricing, uneven service and no single point of accountability. The current approach replaces that confusion with one provider who’s accountable to the City – and to you.

This isn’t about taking options away – it’s about keeping what’s working and protecting the progress Portage has already made.

Accountability today and tomorrow

Others have questioned whether the savings and service improvements that Portage residents are seeing with the current single-hauler contract will last. The answer is simple: The City sets the terms, monitors performance and enforces the current single-hauler contract to ensure residents continue to receive the value and reliability they expect.

  • Fact: It’s about cost and chaos.
    More haulers = more trucks, more confusion and more unpredictable pricing.

  • Fact: There are no guaranteed savings.
    Rates can rise, fees can be added and pricing becomes less predictable over time.

  • Fact: It is working – and saving money.
    Fewer trucks. Coordinated routes. Reliable service.

  • Fact: It means less accountability.
    One provider = clear responsibility. Multiple haulers = finger-pointing.

  • Fact: It will.
    More trucks. More noise. More wear on local roads.

  • Fact: Consistency takes a hit.
    Multiple haulers make recycling standards and participation harder to maintain.

  • Fact: That’s costly and disruptive.
    Undoing a working system — then trying to fix it again — wastes time and money.

  • Fact: It’s a step backward.
    Portage already moved to a smarter, more efficient system. This undoes it.

Myths vs. Facts

Keep the Course

Portage is already on the right track.

A NO‍ ‍Vote Preserves:

  • Real savings and current prices

  • Reliable service

  • Smarter sustainability

A Yes Vote Returns:

  • Higher costs

  • More trucks on the roads

  • No accountability

The Bottom Line

Vote NO to protect:

One hauler. One price. Real savings.

Reliable, coordinated service.

Fewer trucks and smarter sustainability.

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