The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) has praised the City of Bayswater for being at the forefront of the Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) three-bin revolution sweeping the State.
The Department’s Director of Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery, Adrian Wiley said Bayswater was one of the first Local Governments to roll out a three-bin garden organics service to their residents, and then later to transition to FOGO.
“I want to commend the work of the City, this is just one example where transitioning to FOGO can make a huge difference in the amount of waste that can be recovered,” Mr Wiley said.
“We are hoping to see more Local Governments make the transition to FOGO in the future, and we are assisting them to do so through the Better Bins Plus: GO FOGO grants, which are now open.“
Mayor of the City of Bayswater, Filomena Piffaretti said the transition to FOGO had allowed the City to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
“The City’s early adoption of FOGO has put us in a great position to meet the State Government’s Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Strategy 2030 targets to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill, while recovering, reusing and recycling more household waste,” Ms Piffaretti (pictured) said.
“I would like to congratulate our residents for their uptake of FOGO and for diligently separating their waste correctly, as it is important we keep contamination rates at processing facilities low to ensure waste can be turned into quality compost.”
