In our Conversation Starter Kit and online survey we compare food and garden organics (FOGO) and garbage bins separately to recycling and glass bins. On this page you can consider the options together as a four-bin service.

You can explore what the bins would look like on your kerbside and compare the costs and benefits of each four-bin service.

The information on this page is designed to be read alongside the Conversation Starter Kit.

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Food and garden organics (FOGO) and Garbage bin collection

We talk about FOGO and garbage bins together, because putting food waste in the FOGO bin means there is less waste in garbage bins.

The options for your FOGO and Garbage bins are:

  • Option 1 - FOGO weekly and Garbage fortnightly
  • Option 2 - FOGO fortnightly and Garbage weekly
  • Option 3 - FOGO weekly and Garbage weekly

Recycling and Glass bin collection

We talk about recycling and glass bins together because separating glass impacts the yellow-lidded recycling bin.

The options for your Recycling and Glass bins are:

  • Option 1 - Recycling fortnightly and Glass monthly
  • Option 2 - Recycling weekly and Glass monthly


How to explore your 4-bin options on this page

You can see how the options look as a 4-bin service on your kerbside over a four week period below. There are five different combinations.

There are two ways to view the information: by viewing a high level summary or downloading a more detailed chart.


1) Compare your 4-bin options - Summary

You can compare the different combinations by clicking on the tabs below. We have shown how the service could look on your kerbside each week (over 4 weeks). Key information is highlighted to show you how the options compare across a range of cost, environmental and community impacts.


This combines Option 1 from FOGO and Garbage collection and Option 1 from Recycling and Glass collection from the Conversation Starter Kit.

Key information:

  • This option has the lowest cost per household.
  • This option sends the least amount of garbage to landfill and diverts the most food and garden organic waste from landfill, and does the most to help achieve our zero waste goal.
  • This option avoids the most greenhouse gas emissions, does the most to help achieve our zero carbon goal.
  • This option has the least bins on the kerbside on bin night and the least number of trucks on our roads collecting bins.
  • This option requires the biggest change for residents from our current service.


This combines Option 1 from FOGO and Garbage collection and Option 2 from Recycling and Glass collection from the Conversation Starter Kit.

Key information:

  • This option has the third highest cost per household.
  • This option sends the least amount of garbage to landfill and diverts the most food and garden organic waste from landfill, helping the most to achieve our zero waste goal.
  • This option avoids the most greenhouse gas emissions, helping the most to achieve our zero carbon goal.
  • This option has the most bins on the kerbside on bin night and the most trucks on our roads collecting bins.
  • This option requires a moderate change for residents from our current service.


    • *If both FOGO and recycling bins were collected weekly, garbage bins would have to be picked up fortnightly because we cannot collect three bins every week while maintaining a reasonable service level or cost for our community.


    This combines Option 3 from FOGO and Garbage collection and Option 1 from Recycling and Glass collection from the Conversation Starter Kit.

    Key information:

    • This option has the second highest cost per household.
    • This option sends the second least amount of garbage to landfill and is the second best at diverting food and garden organic waste from landfill.
    • This option avoids the second most greenhouse gas emissions.
    • This option has the most bins on the kerbside on bin night and the most trucks on our roads collecting bins.
    • This option requires a moderate change for residents from our current service.


    *If both FOGO and garbage bins were collected weekly, recycling bins would have to be picked up fortnightly because we cannot collect three bins every week while maintaining a reasonable service level or cost for our community.



    This combines Option 2 from FOGO and Garbage collection and Option 1 from Recycling and Glass collection from the Conversation Starter Kit.


    Key information:

    • This options has the second lowest cost per household.
    • This option sends the most amount of garbage to landfill and diverts the least amount of food and garden organic waste from landfill and does the least to help achieve our zero waste goal.
    • This option creates the most greenhouse gas emissions and does the least to help achieve our zero carbon goal.
    • This option has the least bins on the kerbside on bin night and the least number of trucks on our roads collecting bins.
    • This option requires a moderate change for residents from our current service.


    This combines Option 2 from FOGO and Garbage collection and Option 2 from Recycling and Glass collection from the Conversation Starter Kit.

    Key information:

    • This option has the highest cost per household.
    • This option sends the most amount of garbage to landfill and diverts the least amount of food and garden organic waste from landfill and does the least to help achieve our zero waste goal.
    • This option creates the most greenhouse gas emissions and does the least to help achieve our zero carbon goal.
    • This option has the most bins on the kerbside on bin night and the most trucks on our roads collecting bins.
    • This option requires the least amount of change from current service.


    *If both garbage and recycling bins continued to be collected weekly, FOGO bins would have to be picked up fortnightly because we cannot collect three bins every week while maintaining a reasonable service level or cost for our community.

    2) Compare your 4-bin options - Chart

    You can review the options in more detail by viewing the detailed chart that compares each option against each other. The chart outlines key data for a range of cost, environmental and community impacts for you to compare the options.

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    To help us compare the options, we referred to indicative modelling data to understand how each option impacts on cost and environmental performance, including our goals of zero waste to landfill and zero carbon emissions. The modelling was prepared for Council in November 2020 and provides indicative figures for assessment and comparison purposes. Final costs will vary depending on the final service option chosen, government funding and industry pricing.

    The cost to send each tonne of waste to landfill (the landfill levy, charged by the State Government), is set to double over the next few years. This means costs of the service, and therefore costs to the community, will increase regardless of the final service option. Diverting waste from landfill helps to keep service costs down, meaning less cost to ratepayers.

    For more detailed information, view our Conversation Starter Kit or read the independent consultant's report.