FOGO do's and don'ts
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)