Local governments encouraged to apply for grants to transition to three-bin FOGO service
Expressions of interest are now open for local governments to access part of the $20 million Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO Program.
The Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program supports local governments to provide a three-bin food organics and garden organics (FOGO) service. This consists of a red-lidded bin for general waste, a yellow-lidded bin for co-mingled recycling and a green-lidded bin for food organics and garden organics.
The State Government encourages local governments to apply for funding of up to $21 per household in the 2022-23 financial year.
The grant supports local governments with the infrastructure costs associated with moving to a three-bin FOGO system.
The additional funding builds on the success of a similar funding program delivered in 2020 and 2021.
Better Bins Plus supports Western Australia's Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 including the rollout a of three-bin kerbside collection system by all local governments in the Perth and Peel region by 2025.
Local governments that have adopted FOGO systems include the:
- cities of Melville, Fremantle, Vincent, Bayswater, Bunbury and Albany
- towns of Bassendean and East Fremantle
- shires of Collie, Capel, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Augusta-Margaret River and Dardanup.
More information or to apply for this round of local government funding.
Applications close on 31 March 2022.