The council successfully applied for a $321,914 grant through the NSW Government to begin collecting residential food and garden organics (FOGO) from the former Wakool Shire area.
It complements a previous grant which saw green bins rolled out to Moama and Mathoura residents several years ago, with the service to now expand to both food and garden organics.
“We have had lots of requests to expand our current garden organics collection service right across the council area, so it is exciting we can now start planning the implementation of this initiative thanks to the EPA funding,” mayor Chris Bilkey said.
“The three-bin FOGO system will provide residents with more options for separating their waste, with the aim of improving recovery rates, increasing diversion from landfill and reducing costs of processing material.
“Residents can also expect a comprehensive education program so they know what to put in each bin and how the system will work.”
He said residents could expect to start receiving caddies, liners, information packages and green lid bins, if they didn’t already have one, in May and June next year.
As part of the implementation of FOGO, the collection service will see green lid bins collected weekly and recycling and general waste bins collected fortnightly.
The reduction to fortnightly general waste collection was raised as a matter of concern by councillors Gen Campbell and Tom Weyrich at the council’s May meeting, but interim director of planning and environment Rod Croft said this was an EPA requirement.
“That’s based on the information that about 70 per cent of your waste is either recyclable or FOGO,” Mr Croft said.
Commercial kerbside waste customers won’t be included in this FOGO rollout however the council has plans to roll out a separate program for this service in the future.
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