Food organics and garden organics

What goes in FOGO

Find out about what can and can't go in FOGO bins

• Food
• Garden organics
• Compostable plastic kitchen caddy liners that comply with Australian Standard AS 4736-2006 (for commercial composting)
• Fibre-based kitchen caddy liners (e.g. paper or newspaper)

Scrap Together education

Scrap Together is a new education campaign to help households make the most of their FOGO.

• Scrap Together – FOGO education campaign
• Scrap Together evaluation report (PDF 2MB)
• Scrap Together grants
• Scrap Together resources

Organics funding

Grants awarded

• Go FOGO – Round 1 announced

Past funding

• Organics Infrastructure (Large and Small)
• Organics Collections
• Scrap Together grants
• Love Food Hate Waste
• Food Donation Education

FOGO NSW snapshot

56 councils in NSW are going FOGO. There are many FOGO case studies and FOGO grant projects.

• NSW FOGO snapshot (PDF 204KB)

• NSW Organics Collection services map (PDF 1.9MB).

• Food waste infographic (PDF 90KB)

• Resource recovery order - compost (PDF 128KB)

NSW bin audit analysis

Understanding the performance of kerbside waste and organics recycling services.

• Analysis of NSW Green Lid Bin Audit Data Report 2020 (PDF 2.3MB)
• Analysis of NSW Red Lid Bin Audit Data Report (PDF 2.3MB)
• Analysis of NSW Food and Garden Bin Audit Data 2018 (PDF 1MB)

Research

Research shows many households are good food and garden recyclers.

• Review of Separate Organics Collection Legislation (PDF 857KB)
• Review of International Food Waste Collection Systems in MUDs (PDF 1.75MB)
• FOGO Deep Dive Education Project Community Survey (PDF 2MB)
• Fact sheets: Emissions of food waste recovery technologies

Guides to FOGO

Check out these national and international guides to best practice

• Fact Sheet: Carbon credit income from FOGO (PDF 240KB)
• Manual: Carbon credit income from FOGO (PDF 1.4MB) 
• NSW guide to food waste recovery in multi-unit dwellings (PDF 5MB)
• Guide for better practice FOGO services (PDF 3.76MB)

Regenerating land

Market development grant case studies show multiple benefits and uses for FOGO compost.

• Positive outlook for organics markets in NSW (PDF 175KB)

Benefits of composting

Explore the diverse ways the commercial compost industry is growing through our Cool Compost program.

Learn

Learn more about FOGO, composting and regulations covering organics recycling in NSW.

• FOGO masterclasses: over the 6 classes you'll hear from Australian and international speakers on all aspects of FOGO
• Compost Facility Management: a free 8-module online training course covering everything you need to know about commercial composting