City of Melville residents will be the first in the Perth Metropolitan area to take part in an innovative, new waste trial starting in October.
The 3-bin Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) system will provide around 7000 residents with more options for separating their waste, with the aim of producing a cleaner compost, sending less waste to landfill and reducing costs.
Residents in the trial areas will receive a new 240L lime green lid FOGO bin for food and garden waste, which will be collected weekly and the contents turned into high quality compost. To help in separating waste in the kitchen, residents will also receive a kitchen caddy for food scraps and a supply of compostable bags.
The dark green general waste bin will be replaced by a new 140L red lid bin for general rubbish items that can’t be composted or recycled, such as nappies and plastic bags, to be collected fortnightly. The yellow lid recycling bin will remain and will now be collected fortnightly, alternating with the red lid rubbish bin. Larger 360L recycling bins can be made available to trial residents who find they need more room after the change back to fortnightly recycling.
The trial will take place in parts of Bicton, Willagee, Mount Pleasant, Brentwood and Bull Creek, with the new bins delivered from October 9th. Residents involved in the trial will receive more information over the coming weeks.
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