Town of Walkerville is finalising its 12-month Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) education campaign.
The council is investigating the possibility of moving towards a FOGO bin system, which would mean green waste would be picked up weekly and the landfill and recycling would be picked up fortnightly.
Town of Walkerville has been directly targeting residents in the Township, aiming to improve our landfill diversion targets by getting food and green waste out of our blue bins and into green bins.
With assistance from Bin Thinking, Council managed to run a Township-wide door-knocking campaign, meeting face to face with local residents to discuss their bin habits and provide them the opportunity to sign up for a free green bin, kitchen caddy or bin liners.
Additionally, Bin Thinking ran education presentations at local schools in the area and held a pop-up waste education stall.
Residents and school students learnt about waste, FOGO and landfill diversion, and were able to easily access green waste bins and kitchen caddies.
Council will be considering all the feedback and outcomes of this campaign to determine Council’s position on a FOGO bin system.
