Inner West Council provides a kerbside collection service for household waste that cannot be recycled. Now that households can recycle food scraps through the weekly green lid food organics garden organics (FOGO) service, garbage is collected every fortnight.
Almost 300 tonnes of food scraps from the Inner West used to go into landfill every single week before FOGO Food Recycling.
That's why it's important to use the green lid FOGO bin to turn your food scraps into compost farmers.
On 20 February 2024 Council passed a resolution to provide weekly red lid garbage collections for those struggling to adjust to the FOGO service. Fees and charges associated with this extra level of service will be waived for up to 2 years from this date.
The aim of the service is to provide an interim measure for your household to get used to FOGO and we are keen to work with you on this journey.
Registrations for the weekly opt-in red lid garbage bin collection are now open to all residents.
It will take up to 2 weeks from the time of registration until your weekly opt in service commences. In the meantime, you can:
- Book and extra red lid bin collection when it's really needed
- Upsize to a large (240L) garbage bin on
fortnightly collection
- Book in (or chat to) the Waste Busters
- Better your recycling by finding out what goes where
- Request an additional recycling bin – you can order a recycling or FOGO bin at no extra cost
You can register your interest
for this service by contacting Customer Service on 02 9392 5000. Select Option 1.
We will collect your details and ask a series of questions to determine your level of priority. Our team will assist you to register for a weekly red lid bin collection Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm.
If you have any further queries,
please email rethink.waste@innerwest.nsw.gov.au
You can register your interest for this service by contacting Customer Service on 02 9392 5000. Select Option 1.
We will collect your details and ask a series of questions to determine your level of priority. Our team will assist you to register for a weekly red lid bin collection Monday to Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm
You'll then receive information about the next steps and expected service commencement timing.
This extra service is to assist residents who are struggling with the transition to a weekly FOGO collection and fortnightly red lidded bin collection.
For the first 3 weeks of registration priority will be given to set categories of residents with the most need. During this period households with small children in nappies, residents with medical conditions and disability and large households with 5 or more residents will be able to register.
From 8 April other residents not listed in the categories above will be able to register for the opt-in weekly service. Don't forget we have a range of other services and support to help you:
- Book and extra red lid bin collection when it's
really needed
- Upsize to a large (240L) garbage bin on fortnightly
collection
- Book in (or chat to) the Waste Busters
- Better your recycling by finding out what goes where
- Request an additional recycling bin - you can
order a recycling or FOGO bin at no extra cost
To register you can call Customer Service on 02 9392 5000. Select Option 1.
We will collect your details and ask a series of questions to determine your level of priority. Our team will assist you to register for a weekly red lid bin collection Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 5:00pm.