Our plan for FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics)

Consultation period: 11 August to 22 September 2025

You’ve probably heard about FOGO by now — through our newsletters, signs, social media, or community events — but if not, that’s okay. We’ve been sharing information to help people get familiar with what FOGO is and what it means for our community.

What is FOGO?

FOGO – stands for Food Organics and Garden Organics and is your upcoming household waste collection service. FOGO is a new way to collect food scraps and garden waste, so they can be turned into compost instead of going to landfill.

It starts with your kitchen caddy (which will be provided by Council with compostable liners / bags). The caddy sits on your bench or under the sink to collect food scraps. Everything you put into your FOGO kitchen caddy goes into your existing Green lid bin – along with your garden organics (lawn clippings, leaves, flowers, small sticks). If it’s food or grows in your garden, it’s good to FOGO!


How will FOGO work?

The proposed plan for how we manage and collect FOGO will involve a simple change to how you use your bins at home. By placing food scraps and garden waste together in your Green lid bin, we can reduce landfill and create compost for use in fields, parks and farms.

Under this new plan, bin night will look like this:

  • Red lid bin for general waste will stay a weekly collection
  • Green lid garden bin becomes your Green lid FOGO bin and increases to a weekly collection
  • Yellow lid bin for mixed recyclables will stay the same with a fortnightly collection.

FOGO will be introduced in stages starting with houses from late 2026.

We know there is a little bit more to coordinate with apartments and multi-unit buildings such as shared bin storage, space and access, so these will roll out progressively throughout 2027. This staged approach will help us manage this transition and minimise impacts for this once in a generation change to the way we manage our waste in the Sutherland Shire.


Have your say

We believe we’ve identified the best way to roll out FOGO across the Sutherland Shire - but we want to hear from you.

Does this approach make sense for local households? Are there things we’ve missed or ways it could work better? Let us know your thoughts and suggestions.

You can provide feedback until 22 September 2025:

  • Online by taking the survey below
  • In person at one of our information stalls (detail below)
  • Email FOGOConsult@ssc.nsw.gov.au
  • In writing to Recycling & Waste, Sutherland Shire Council, Locked Bag 17, Sutherland 1499.


Next steps

Following consultation, Council will review and consider all feedback received. We may make changes to the proposed service plan before we finalise for endorsement by Council. We will continue to share information and keep our community updated about FOGO and timing for rolling out.


Information stalls

We will be out and about over the next few months having conversations with our community about FOGO! Drop by one of our information stalls anytime to find out more, share your feedback, ideas and meet the FOGO project team:

  • Thursday 14 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, Homeco Menai Marketplace, Menai
  • Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August 2025: 9am to 3pm, Cronulla Winter Market, Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla
  • Monday 18 August 2025: Bunnings Caringbah
  • Friday 22 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, Caringbah Shopping Village, 58 President Ave, Caringbah
  • Friday 29 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, South Village Shopping Centre, Kirrawee
  • Saturday 30 August 2025: 8am to 1pm, Shire Farmers’ Market, Flora Street Carpark, Sutherland
  • Thursday 4 September 2025: 10 to 3pm, Bay Central Woolooware
  • Thursday 4 September 2025: 6pm to 8pm, Bunnings Kirrawee
  • Saturday 6 September 2025: 9am to 4pm, CronullaFest, Cronulla Plaza and Cronulla Park, Cronulla
  • Sunday 7 September 2025: 10am to 2pm, Bundeena Saltwater Market, Bundeena Community Centre, Bundeena
  • Friday 12 September 2025: 11am to 1pm, GovHub, Orana 3a Stapleton Avenue, Sutherland
  • Friday 12 September 2025: 4pm to 9pm, Menai Foodies and Farmers Market, Park Menai, Menai
  • Thursday 18 September 2025: 10am to 3pm, Engadine Town Centre – outside Engadine Community Centre
  • Friday 19 September 2025: 10am to 3pm, Cronulla Plaza
  • Sunday 21 September 2025: 10am to 12pm, Clean Up Up Cronulla, Dunningham Park, Cronulla.

Consultation period: 11 August to 22 September 2025

You’ve probably heard about FOGO by now — through our newsletters, signs, social media, or community events — but if not, that’s okay. We’ve been sharing information to help people get familiar with what FOGO is and what it means for our community.

What is FOGO?

FOGO – stands for Food Organics and Garden Organics and is your upcoming household waste collection service. FOGO is a new way to collect food scraps and garden waste, so they can be turned into compost instead of going to landfill.

It starts with your kitchen caddy (which will be provided by Council with compostable liners / bags). The caddy sits on your bench or under the sink to collect food scraps. Everything you put into your FOGO kitchen caddy goes into your existing Green lid bin – along with your garden organics (lawn clippings, leaves, flowers, small sticks). If it’s food or grows in your garden, it’s good to FOGO!


How will FOGO work?

The proposed plan for how we manage and collect FOGO will involve a simple change to how you use your bins at home. By placing food scraps and garden waste together in your Green lid bin, we can reduce landfill and create compost for use in fields, parks and farms.

Under this new plan, bin night will look like this:

  • Red lid bin for general waste will stay a weekly collection
  • Green lid garden bin becomes your Green lid FOGO bin and increases to a weekly collection
  • Yellow lid bin for mixed recyclables will stay the same with a fortnightly collection.

FOGO will be introduced in stages starting with houses from late 2026.

We know there is a little bit more to coordinate with apartments and multi-unit buildings such as shared bin storage, space and access, so these will roll out progressively throughout 2027. This staged approach will help us manage this transition and minimise impacts for this once in a generation change to the way we manage our waste in the Sutherland Shire.


Have your say

We believe we’ve identified the best way to roll out FOGO across the Sutherland Shire - but we want to hear from you.

Does this approach make sense for local households? Are there things we’ve missed or ways it could work better? Let us know your thoughts and suggestions.

You can provide feedback until 22 September 2025:

  • Online by taking the survey below
  • In person at one of our information stalls (detail below)
  • Email FOGOConsult@ssc.nsw.gov.au
  • In writing to Recycling & Waste, Sutherland Shire Council, Locked Bag 17, Sutherland 1499.


Next steps

Following consultation, Council will review and consider all feedback received. We may make changes to the proposed service plan before we finalise for endorsement by Council. We will continue to share information and keep our community updated about FOGO and timing for rolling out.


Information stalls

We will be out and about over the next few months having conversations with our community about FOGO! Drop by one of our information stalls anytime to find out more, share your feedback, ideas and meet the FOGO project team:

  • Thursday 14 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, Homeco Menai Marketplace, Menai
  • Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 August 2025: 9am to 3pm, Cronulla Winter Market, Don Lucas Reserve, Cronulla
  • Monday 18 August 2025: Bunnings Caringbah
  • Friday 22 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, Caringbah Shopping Village, 58 President Ave, Caringbah
  • Friday 29 August 2025: 10am to 3pm, South Village Shopping Centre, Kirrawee
  • Saturday 30 August 2025: 8am to 1pm, Shire Farmers’ Market, Flora Street Carpark, Sutherland
  • Thursday 4 September 2025: 10 to 3pm, Bay Central Woolooware
  • Thursday 4 September 2025: 6pm to 8pm, Bunnings Kirrawee
  • Saturday 6 September 2025: 9am to 4pm, CronullaFest, Cronulla Plaza and Cronulla Park, Cronulla
  • Sunday 7 September 2025: 10am to 2pm, Bundeena Saltwater Market, Bundeena Community Centre, Bundeena
  • Friday 12 September 2025: 11am to 1pm, GovHub, Orana 3a Stapleton Avenue, Sutherland
  • Friday 12 September 2025: 4pm to 9pm, Menai Foodies and Farmers Market, Park Menai, Menai
  • Thursday 18 September 2025: 10am to 3pm, Engadine Town Centre – outside Engadine Community Centre
  • Friday 19 September 2025: 10am to 3pm, Cronulla Plaza
  • Sunday 21 September 2025: 10am to 12pm, Clean Up Up Cronulla, Dunningham Park, Cronulla.

  • Consultation results available

    Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on our plan for FOGO (Food Organics and Garden Organics). Your input will ensure a smooth introduction for FOGO in Sutherland Shire.

    You can view a summary of the consultation here or by clicking the image below.

    It was great to speak with over 1,400 members of our community across our 15 information stalls across various locations in the Sutherland Shire. Your enthusiasm and readiness for FOGO in Sutherland Shire is so pleasing and is really driving us!


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