The WA government says FOGO is key to the war on waste — but a massive 25,000 tonnes of household organic food and garden waste is sitting idle with no solution on what to do with it.
Up to 25,000 tonnes of food and garden waste collected through Western Australia's food organics and garden organics bin system is sitting unused in massive compost piles, despite households being urged to separate organic waste.The unused organic waste equates to more than half the amount of WA's FOGO waste collected in 2020The City of Bunbury was the first WA council to introduce FOGO bins back in 2013, with the aim of turning the waste into compost.
The 25,000 tonnes of unused organic waste represents half of the total amount of FOGO waste processed in WA in the 2020-2021 financial year. Funding has been secured for a new organics compost processing facility in the region but that is still a while off.Earlier this year the council agreed 10,000 tonnes of processed FOGO waste would instead be taken to the region's main household rubbish tip – where it would be used to "cap" the subsoil, in a bid to rehabilitate it.
Mr Keane said he was adamant the waste would not go to landfill and was hopeful a solution would be found soon. He said he was in talks with potential users of the product."At the end of the day, our aim is to make sure it's recycled product, and it's consumed by the market, whether that be large farms or, or small consumers.FOGO still WA's waste plan
Reece Whitby said councils that introduce FOGO can signficantly increase the amount of waste they recover.At the time, Environment Minister Reece Whitby said organic waste recovery was a priority for the government. The partially processed FOGO compost is being held the Banksia Road organic facility in Dardanup, just outside Bunbury.
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