What's the background to this project?

We were one of the first local governments to provide three bins 20 years ago. The pro-active adoption of FOGO, well ahead of the State deadline, is part of our commitment to minimise waste going to landfill, remain a leader in waste management, and reduce the effects of climate change at a local level. We are working with the State Government, the WA Waste Authority and the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council (EMRC) on this project.

The State Government's Waste Strategy to 2030 includes significantly reducing waste sent to landfill, and a call for all metropolitan local governments to provide a three-bin FOGO waste service by 2025. FOGO will provide a more circular, less wasteful system from your kitchen or business premises, to our contractors' trucks to the EMRC's processing plant at Red Hill and back to our parks and gardens as compost.