About the three-bin FOGO system
The three-bin Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) system was rolled out to over 11,000 City of Fremantle households in September 2019. FOGO is the collection of food scraps (FO) and organic garden (GO) waste, including dog poo and kitty litter.
The three-bin FOGO system provides residents with more options for separating their waste with the aim to improve recovery rates, increase diversion from landfill and reduce costs of processing material. By collecting organics in the FOGO bin, we generate high quality compost to use on farms, parks and gardens and avoid organic waste going to landfill, which produces harmful methane gas.
The three-bin system includes:
Bin lid colour
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Bin size
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Bin purpose
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Collection frequency
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Lime green
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240L
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Food Organic Garden Organics (FOGO)
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Weekly
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Yellow
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240L
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Recycling
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Fortnightly
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Red
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140L
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General waste
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Fortnightly
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Download the three bin waste calendar.
What can be put in each bin?
The Recycle Right FOGO A-Z Guide provides a quick reference on what to place in the three-bin FOGO system.
Lime green-lidded FOGO bin
All food organics including raw and cooked, bread, dairy, bones, shells, and garden organics. FOGO waste is composted so it’s important to keep plastic, metal and glass out of this bin. All food waste is to go into your FOGO bin either in a compostable liner, wrapped in newspaper or loose in the bin. Please make sure food is removed from the packaging before being placed in the bin as any plastic packaging can contaminate the compost.
Accepted:
- Fruit and vegetable scraps, processed food, and leftovers from meals such as meat, fish, chicken, bread, egg, eggshells, dairy products, rice, pasta, coffee grounds, and tea bags.
- All garden organics including grass clippings, flowers, weeds, herbs, small branches, and leaves.
- Paper towels and serviettes, tissues, shredded paper and pizza boxes can also be disposed of using the lime green-lidded bin. (Please no coffee cups or bioplastics ie: corn starch)
- Wooden and bamboo disposable cutlery or plates, and paper plates.
- You can also place pet droppings and kitty litter into this bin either straight into the bin or in a compostable liner, however, biodegradable plastic liners are not to go into your FOGO bin, only compostable liners as they will break down naturally in the composting process.
Visit the compostable caddy liner FAQs page to find out about replacement caddy liners.
Yellow-lidded recycling bin
All items that go into the yellow-lidded recycling bin need to be clean, dry, and empty:
- Firm plastic bottles and containers; with lids removed, including cleaning product bottles, detergent bottles, punnets used to hold berries and tomatoes, bottles, trays, ice cream containers, plastic crockery, takeaway food containers, yoghurt containers and hard plastic packaging. Remember, if the plastic is scrunchable, it belongs in your general waste bin.
- Cardboard boxes; clean and flattened, including cereal boxes, packing boxes, egg cartons, clean pizza boxes, toilet paper rolls.
- Paper (excluding shredded paper) such as magazines, newspaper, office paper, paper bags, envelopes (including those with windows), and wrapping paper.
- Glass bottles and jars; clean and lids removed.
- Cans and tins; including baking trays, cake trays, cans, and foil that is clean and scrunched into a ball.
If you find the capacity of your recycling bin is an issue, you can request an upgrade to a larger 360L recycling bin by contacting the City on 1300 MY FREO (1300 693 736) or email info@fremantle.wa.gov.au. Fees apply.
Extra yellow bin recyclables can be dropped off at the Fremantle Recycling Centre on Montreal Street free of charge.
Red-lidded general waste bin
- General rubbish items that cannot be composted or recycled, such as nappies, polystyrene, plastic bags, long-life tetrapak cartons, phone books, and soft plastics.
For a full list of items, visit Recycle Right.
Some items should not be placed into any of your bins and instead, can be dropped off at Fremantle Recycling Centre.
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