Brimbank council said it is unlikely to reach its target of achieving a 50 per cent landfill diversion rate without introducing a universal Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) service by 2030.
Council delivered its waste recycling and litter strategy community report card for the past year at the council meeting on September 19.
Brimbank’s diversion rate for 2022-23 was 42 per cent, with more than 30,700 tonnes of waste being recycled.
Council currently has an opt-in FOGO service with about 63 per cent of households having the optional green waste recycling bin.
The state government will require all council’s to introduce a universal FOGO service by 2030, but the waste report noted that council may wish to consider doing so in advance of the 2030 deadline to help meet its own waste strategy targets.
Cr Virginia Tachos said that whilst moderate increases are happening in Brimbank with regards to the diversion away from landfill rate, it will not be until the universal FOGO service is introduced that Brimbank will see ‘real’ reduction in waste.
Brimbank households were applauded for achieving a significantly improved FOGO contamination rate of 1.7 per cent compared to 3.28 per cent recorded over the 2021-22 period.
