FOGO collection

Your bin

FOGO bins have a lime green lid. The standard size is 23 litres or 45 litres.

A kitchen caddy is also provided to collect food scraps inside your home. Line the caddy with a compostable liner and empty it into the larger FOGO bin when full.

Find your collection day using tool below by typing your unit and/or street number in first followed by your street name.

What goes in the FOGO bin

You can put in the FOGO bin:

• Food scraps – vegetables, seafood (including all seafood shells e.g oyster, crayfish), dairy, meat and bones (cooked or raw), teabags (but not the pyramid-type teabags), coffee grounds and egg shells, small amounts of oils and fats
• Garden waste – grass clippings, leaves, bark, twigs, plants and weeds (including diseased and noxious weeds as FOGO is processed at high temperatures)
• Shredded paper – paper towels, paper napkins, tissues, cotton wool balls (if 100% cotton) and cotton buds with wooden sticks
• Food -contaminated or food soiled cardboard (e.g. pizza boxes with food on them)
• Personal cuttings – hair from hairbrushes or haircuts, and nail clippings
• Animal waste – such as pet hair, poo, organic / natural kitty litter and soiled paper from bird cages

What does NOT go in the FOGO bin

Do not put these in your FOGO bin:

• Nappies
• Fabric (e.g. clothing)
• Dryer lint (this is because it will contain man-made fibres such as nylon or polyester)
• Vacuum bag contents
• Hard waste or broken household items, like furniture or plates and cups
• Plastic take away containers
• Hazardous waste, like asbestos
• Thick branches
• Anything that is currently allowed to go in your recycling bin

FOGO bins which are overflowing, weigh more than 70kg and/or which contain any of the unacceptable material listed above will not be collected.

What happens to FOGO waste?

FOGO is taken to a composting facility where it is turned into compost for use in agriculture and landscaping. This significantly reduces the amount of waste going to landfill.