Your guide to the3-bin FOGO system

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Organics for compost – collected every week

FOGO stands for Food Organics, Garden Organics and refers to the weekly collection of food scraps, as well as natural material from your garden to make compost.

The 3-bin FOGO system will allow you to easily separate items that can be composted and recycled.

To help you separate food waste, we have provided you with a kitchen caddy and compostable liners to collect food scraps.

Unlike plastic and biodegradable bags, the compostable liners break down easily during the composting process.

Place the liners inside the kitchen caddy to collect your food scraps, then tie off the liner when full and place in the lime green-lidded FOGO bin.

You can also wrap your food scraps in newspaper or place them directly into the FOGO bin.

What does FOGO mean?

Using your Kitchen Caddy

or place them directly into the FOGO bin.

Remember: Don’t put your food scraps into plastic or biodegradable bags. The only acceptable bags are council supplied compostable liners.

Compostable liners

Food Organics & Garden Organics – collected every week

If it didn’t live or grow, it’s not FOGO! Only food, garden waste, paper products and council supplied compostable liners go into your FOGO bin!

Using your FOGO bin

Prunings & Leaves

Dog Poo, Kitty Litter, Paper Towel, Serviettes & Tissues

Plants & Weeds

Fruit & Vegetables

Bread & Dairy

Meat, Bones & Seafood

NO Plastic

NO Metal

NO Glass

Your yellow-lidded recycling bin will now be collected fortnightly rather than weekly.

If you fi nd once you start using the new service that you don’t have enough room in your recycling bin, please contact the Town on 9339 9339 to discuss what options may be available.

• Make sure items are clean, dry and empty with lids removed and placed loosely in the bin – not tied up in plastic bags, which can’t be opened and will end up in landfi ll.

• Place plastic bottle lids in your general waste bin as they are too small to be recycled.

• Flatten large cardboard boxes to help free up space in your recycling bin.

Top tips for recycling

Changes to your recycling collection

Recycling – now collected fortnightly

Remember: Don’t bag your recycling! We can’t open tied up bags, so make sure you place items loosely into the bin.

Your recycling bin is for items such as aluminium, plastic, paper, cardboard, newspaper and glass which are separated and sorted before being turned into new products.

Using your Recycling bin

Recycling – now collected fortnightly

Aluminium & Steel Cans

NO Food Organics or Garden Organics

NO Nappies orHygiene Products

Plastic Bottles & Containers

Paper & Cardboard

Glass Bottles & Jars

NO Hazardous Materials

NO Soft Plastic Bags or Plastic Film

The red-lidded general waste bin is mainly for things that can’t be composted or recycled. If you’re sorting your waste correctly, this red-lidded bin should be big enough for your household.

Using your General Waste bin

General Waste – collected every fortnight

Soft plastics like plastic bags and wrappers can’t currently be recycled through our facility. However, you can take them to many local supermarkets and place them into REDcycle collection bins to be turned into new products.

You can fi nd your closest collection point at www.REDcycle.net.au

If you’re unable to drop them off, soft plastics should be placed in your general waste bin.

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NO Clean Recyclables

General Rubbish Items

Nappies &Hygiene Products

Polystyrene & Soft Plastics

NO Hazardous Waste

NO Food Organics or Garden Organics

Other items

BATTERIES Visit recycleright.wa.gov.au for recycling locations.

BOOKS, CLOTHING, FURNITURE, SHOES, BRIC-A-BRAC Please do not throw out useful household items in good working order. You can visit www.GIV.org.au, a cooperative initiative by four leading charities, Spine and Limb Foundation, Anglicare, Vinnies and Good Sammy, aimed at reducing illegal dumping at charitable donation points and educating the community about the required quality standards for donated goods. For more details, visit www.GIV.org.au. You can also take furniture and other bulky household items to the Fremantle Recycling Centre, Montreal Street, Fremantle.

The recycling centre is free to all Town of East Fremantle residents – to access the facility please bring photo ID showing your residential address (e.g. driver’s licence) with your rates notice or a bill. To drop off unrecyclable Bulky Waste, remember your voucher letter.

COMPUTERS AND ITElectronic waste can be taken to the Fremantle Recycling Centre.

You can also contact:

Secure computer recycling and disposal1300 368 533 (fees may apply)Technology Assisting Disability WA Inc9379 7400 (free service and accepts monitors)Henderson Waste Recovery Park9411 3444 (fees may apply)

CONSTRUCTION & DEMOLITION (C&D), HAZARDOUS HOUSEHOLD WASTE (HHW) AND ASBESTOS Construction & Demolition Waste (C&D) and Asbestos can be disposed of at the following disposal sites:City of Cockburn – Henderson Waste Recovery Park920 Rockingham Road, Henderson 9411 3444

City of Rockingham – Millar Road landfillMillar Road West – 9528 8550Please contact disposal sites for more information (some items may incur a fee).

Hazardous Household Waste (HHW) includes unwanted household products that contain chemicals or substances that can be harmful to you, your family, your pets or the environment. They can also be harmful to staff at the waste processing facility if they are not disposed of correctly. For a detailed list of HHW products, refer to your waste calendar or visit recycleright.wa.gov.au

Domestic quantities of HHW (no more than 20kg/l) are accepted at the following disposal sites:City of Canning Waste Transfer StationLot 502 Ranford Road, Canning Vale 9231 0716City of Cockburn – Henderson Waste Recovery Park920 Rockingham Road, Henderson 9411 3444

GARAGE SALE TRAIL Unwanted items can also be sold at a Garage Sale. Garage Sale Trail is the biggest reuse event in Australia. Sales will be held on the 19th and 20th of October 2019.

MEDICAL WASTEMedical or Biohazardous Waste should never be put in any bin. Please check with your health care provider as to the correct method for disposal.

PRINTER CARTRIDGESFor recycling of all printer cartridges contact:

Officeworks 1300 OFFICE (633 423)Cartridges 4 Planet Ark (Close The Loop Collection Program) 1800 24 24 73Some Australia Post stores have printer cartridge collection bins.

TOWELS, SHEETS, CAT FURNITURE AND CARRY CAGESCat Haven 9442 3600 or visit www.cathaven.com.au

To dispose of this item, please place into the yellow-lidded recycling bin.

For all waste related queries, please contact Town of East Fremantle

(08) 9339 9339 admin@eastfremantle.wa.gov.au

www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au

Recycle Rightrecycleright.wa.gov.au

Email: info@recycleright.wa.gov.au

Which bin do I put it in?Visit recycleright.wa.gov.au