Goulburn Mulwaree Council scores money for FOGO awareness

The Canberra Region Joint Organisation has been awarded $50,000 for the under the EPA Scrap Together FOGO education program. It is aimed at reducing the amount of food waste in landfill. Goulburn Mulwaree, Bega Valley, Queanbeyan Palerang, Snowy Monaro, Snowy Valley and Bega Valley councils will receive a slice of the $50,000 allocation. It is part of a $240,150 funding pot.

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"The new Scrap Together grants, rolling out across 25 council areas, will remind households of the environmental benefits of turning food waste into compost," Head of EPA Organics Amanda Kane said.

"If past results are anything to go by, the educational campaigns will increase recycling of food waste while reducing what goes into landfill.

"Food waste sent to landfill in the red lid bin rots, generating greenhouse gas emissions, whereas in the green lid bin it gets processed into beneficial compost and returned back to the land."

The grants provide $10,000 for each council to deliver EPA-designed content, including videos, radio ads, mailbox drops and print advertising.

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Goulburn Mulwaree Council created a compost pad for the food waste several years ago. It started selling the composted product at the Goulburn Waste Management Centre in March, 2021. Prices range from $20 to $25 per cubic metre, depending on the grade.

In March, the centre received just over 13 tonnes of food and garden waste, a report stated.

Ms Kane said the government had allocated an additional $69 million over the next five years to further expand FOGO services and support councils to meet new requirements under the Government's Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041, which aimed to provide FOGO services to all NSW households by 2030.

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