Almost 300,000 households in NSW will be provided with a new bin service as part of $6 million in government funding to cut the waste ending up in landfill.
Environment and Heritage Minister James Griffin announced $6.2 million of funding from the NSW Liberal and Nationals government will allow 14 council areas to be included in the food organics and garden organics collection service.
The NSW government has announced another 14 councils will be included in the food organics and garden organics collection service rollout. Picture: Getty Images “The introduction of FOGO services in Randwick has had exceptional results, preventing more than 26,000 tonnes of food and garden waste from going to landfill in the first 18 months, which is the equivalent of taking at least 9,000 cars off the road.”
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