Sydney - Middle East Times Int’l: City of Parramatta is preparing to roll out its new Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) waste collection service later this year, to help divert 85% of the City’s landfill waste by 2038. 

The new service, which will come into effect in November, includes:

• A 240-litre green lid FOGO bin for food scraps and garden waste that will be collected weekly

• An 80-litre red lid garbage bin (previously 140 litres) for general waste collected weekly

• A 240-litre yellow lid recycling bin collected fortnightly. 

The new service will allow residents to recycle their food scraps in a FOGO-friendly bin picked up weekly and give residents an additional 120 litres in overall bin capacity each fortnight at a reduced cost.

Residents will also receive a starter pack to help them make the change including a 7-litre kitchen caddy with compostable liners to collect food scraps which can then be emptied into the FOGO bin. 

New bins will start to be delivered to about 82,000 houses and small apartment blocks from late July which means residents may have an additional red lid bin before FOGO officially starts in November. These households are encouraged to continue putting their existing red lid bin out for collection each week.