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FOGO for Businesses

Get Ready to FOGO

The City moved to a Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) waste service as part of a state-wide program in March 2021.  You are now able to place food organics and other compostable items in your FOGO kerbside bin (lime-green lid) along with garden waste. The waste in the FOGO bin will be turned into compost, instead of food waste being taken to landfill, which will reduce greenhouse gases and minimise future landfill costs.

Which businesses will get FOGO and when?

If your business has a kerbside collection with wheelie bins, you have the option to get a FOGO bin. Delivery of kitchen caddies commenced in March 2021, and you should have received information about FOGO with your kitchen caddy and compostable bin liners. There is information below on how to order kitchen caddies if you do not have one.

What HAS changeD?

Your bin sizes and bin collection day is the same, but the frequency of collections have changed:

  • the FOGO bin (lime-green lid) is collected every week, instead of fortnightly

  • the general waste bin (red lid) is collected fortnightly, instead of weekly

  • the recycling bin (yellow lid) is continued to be collected fortnightly.

The red and yellow lid bins are be collected on alternate fortnights.

Week One: FOGO bin and Recycling bin. Week Two: FOGO bin and general waste bin.

What are my options?

Depending on the nature and setup of your business the new FOGO system may work well for you, however we understand some businesses would prefer to stay with a weekly general waste collection.

Your options are:

  • Option 1 - Move to the new FOGO service, or
  • Option 2 - Engage a commercial waste company to deal with your waste, and discontinue your service with the City.

More details of each option are provided below.

Option 1 - Move to the New FOGO Service

This is the default option, so if no action is taken you automatically moved to the FOGO bin service in March 2021, if you already had a service with the City. Your general waste bin (red lid) is collected fortnightly, and your FOGO bin (lime-green lid) is collected weekly. The recycling service remains fortnightly, with recycling bins collected on the alternate week from the general waste bins. Find your bin days here.

To assist your business in using the FOGO service, the City can provide some of these items (on request):

  • A FOGO kerbside bin (240L capacity with lime-green lid)
  • One kitchen caddy (7L capacity) and two rolls of compostable caddy liners per FOGO bin, for use in your business to collect food scraps - Learn more about using your kitchen caddy 

There is no additional cost to access these items, if you are already paying for a City of Bayswater commercial rubbish service.

  • You could also order an additional general waste bin from the City, which would incur an annual service fee. This would be collected fortnightly along with your current general waste bin(s).

Moving to the FOGO service - I want to...

Request a new 240L FOGO bin

Please contact the City's Waste Management team on 9272 0605 or waste@bayswater.wa.gov.au  

Request a kitchen caddy and/or compostable liners

Please contact the City's FOGO team on 9272 0964 or fogo@bayswater.wa.gov.au. These are available for businesses paying for a Commercial Rubbish Service with the City.  

Request a bin repair or replacement

If you currently have a green waste bin with an older-style brown lid, you can order a replacement lid. Or if your bin has an insert and vent holes we will remove the insert and plug vent holes on request. There is no fee for these. To place your order, please contact the City's FOGO team on 9272 0964 or fogo@bayswater.wa.gov.au

View the FOGO Frequently Asked Questions Speak to someone about FOGO

To ask questions or provide feedback about the new FOGO service, please contact the City's Waste Education Officers on 9272 0964 or fogo@bayswater.wa.gov.au The Officers may be available to come out and give a short presentation on FOGO for your staff, if resources permit.

Order an additional general waste kerbside bin (red lid)

To order an additional general waste kerbside bin, please download and complete the 'Request for Additional Commercial Rubbish Service' form and return it to the City. For assistance, please contact the City's Waste Management team on 9272 0605 or waste@bayswater.wa.gov.au Please note an additional general waste bin will incur an annual service fee. The new bin will be collected fortnightly along with your current general waste bin(s).

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Option 2 - Engage a commercial waste company to deal with your waste

If you find a weekly general waste bin collection to be essential to your operations, you have the option of cancelling the current bin services provided by City of Bayswater, and independently engaging a commercial waste company to deal with your waste.

Please note, this option of arranging a private waste collection service is not available for residential properties. In accordance with the Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2007, the City of Bayswater (as well all other Local Government Authorities) has responsibilities in relation to providing a waste collection service to residential properties.

Option 2 - I want to…

Cancel my current waste collection service

To cancel your current service with City of Bayswater, download and complete the 'Request to Cancel Commercial Rubbish Service' form, and return it to the City. For assistance, please contact the City's Waste Management team on 9272 0605 or waste@bayswater.wa.gov.au.

View the FOGO Frequently Asked Questions Speak to someone about FOGO

To ask questions or provide feedback about the new FOGO service, please contact the City's Waste Education Officers on 9272 0964 or fogo@bayswater.wa.gov.au

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