SMALL bins for food scraps are set to be supplied to more-than-fifty-thousand houses across the City of Ballarat before weekly kerbside food and garden organics collection begins mid-next year.<\/p>\n
The seven-litre ‘kitchen caddy’ bins can be used to collect food scraps for the green-lidded garden organics wheelie bin.<\/p>\n
Municipal officers are aiming to reduce food waste going to landfill through the Food Organics and Garden Organics, or FOGO, system.<\/p>\n
“The environmental benefits will include about 10,500 tonnes of food organics set to be recycled and turned into new products, like compost,” City of Ballarat mayor, Cr Des Hudson said.<\/p>\n
“This will reduce carbon emissions created in the Ballarat Regional Landfill by an estimated 5000 tonnes.”<\/p>\n
When the FOGO system begins, both kerbside waste and recycling will be collected once every two weeks.<\/p>\n
The FOGO system is expected to begin in May if contracts for a regional FOGO processor, and kitchen caddy supplier and coordinator have been awarded, and a community education campaign has been delivered.<\/p>\n
The tender for a kitchen caddy, liner, and information pack supplier is being advertised and is expected to be awarded by spring.<\/p>\n
Recycled-plastic caddies will have a carry handle, an aerated lid and be dishwasher-friendly, and 150 biodegradable and compostable plastic liners will be provided alongside an information pack.<\/p>\n
Residential properties under 4000-square-metres where the City of Ballarat does kerbside waste and recycling bin collection are eligible automatically. Larger properties can opt into the green waste service for a fee.<\/p>\n
The food waste move aligns with the State Government’s Circular Economy (Waste Reduction and Recycling) Act 2021 which requires municipalities to have a FOGO service by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SMALL bins for food scraps are set to be supplied to more-than-fifty-thousand houses across the City of Ballarat before weekly kerbside food and garden organics collection begins mid-next year. The seven-litre ‘kitchen caddy’ bins can be used to collect food scraps for the green-lidded garden organics wheelie bin. Municipal officers are aiming to reduce food […]<\/p>\n