FOGO do's and don'ts

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YES

These items CAN go in your lime green lidded FOGO bins

  • Bones
  • Bread – any variety, crusts, stale or mouldy
  • Cereal
  • Coffee grinds (without pods or other packaging)
  • Compostable liners with Australian Standard AS4736-2006 – provided by council  
  • Cooking oils/fats
  • Dairy products
  • Egg shells
  • Feathers (only fresh plucked chicken feathers)
  • Fish - bones, skin and scraps
  • Flowers
  • Food
  • Fruit – peels, cores, seeds and scraps
  • Garden organics
  • Grains
  • Leaves
  • Meat (white and red)
  • Milk (including non-dairy milks)
  • Mouldy food
  • Nuts and seeds (including shells and husks)
  • Pasta (cooked or uncooked)
  • Rice (cooked or uncooked)
  • Sauces such as tomato sauce or relishes (without packaging)
  • Seafood and shells
  • Tea (loose leaf only)
  • Vegetables – peels, cores, seeds and scraps

 

NO

These items CAN'T go in your lime green lidded FOGO bins

  • Adhesive labels and tape
  • Baking paper
  • Biodegradable plastic bags
  • Cardboard 
  • Cartons, such as milk or juice cartons 
  • Ceramics
  • Certified compostable packaging, cutlery, containers, cups, straws, stirrers
  • Clothes or textiles
  • Compostable liners that don’t have the Australian standard AS4736 -2006
  • Corks (any type)
  • Dust
  • Food in containers (food can go in FOGO, not containers)
  • Glass bottles and jars 
  • Green/eco/calico/ hessian/reusable bags
  • Hair – human or pet
  • Household waste (general rubblish)
  • Leather products – bags, shoes, other
  • Magazines 
  • Metal tins or cans 
  • Nappies (including compostable ones)
  • Paper 
  • Paper towels  
  • Paper bags 
  • Pet waste and kitty litter
  • Pizza boxes
  • Plant pots
  • Plastic bags
  • Rocks
  • Soil
  • Tissues and toilet paper
  • Treated wood
  • Vacuum waste
  • Wipes (including compostable ones)

 

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