Green-lid FOGO Bin
(alternate week to yellow-lid recycling bin)
Green-lid FOGO bins are designed for Food Organics and Garden Organics - FOGO.
Please note: Council does not collect food scraps from your kitchen caddy. Put food waste into your green-lid FOGO bin for Council kerbside collection.
How to use your FOGO bin
Put in:
- out of date or mouldy food, including bread, pasta, rice
- coffee grounds and loose leaf tea
- dairy products such as cheese, butter
- fruit and vegetable scraps
- meat, seafood, bones, eggshells
- leaves, plants, twigs, grass, weeds
- hay or straw.
Take out:
- coffee pods, tea bags
- kitty litter, animal droppings
- large branches, tree stumps
- liquids, oils
- nappies, wet wipes
- plastic materials, including biodegradable or non-certified compostable plastics
- dirt, sand or soil
- treated or coated wood.
Download a copy of FOGO bin sticker (PDF, 364 KB)
Contact Council to request a physical bin sticker to display on your bin.
Download the FOGO guide or listen to the audio version
Your green-lid FOGO bin and kitchen caddy
Green-lid Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bins and kitchen caddies were delivered to Moonee Valley residents living in properties with 1-5 households from February to April 2024.
Between June and September 2025, the FOGO bin and caddies were delivered to Council-serviced multi-unit developments (MUDs).
The green-lid FOGO bin collection is now provided to all residential properties with Council kerbside collection services. Your new household bin system is now 3 bins: red-lid landfill bin, yellow-lid recycle bin, and green-lid FOGO bin.
Please note: Council does not collect food scraps from your kitchen caddy. All food waste goes into your green-lid FOGO bin for Council kerbside collection.
The collection schedule for your green-lid FOGO bin will remain fortnightly until further notice.
If you have a green-lid FOGO bin but did not receive a kitchen caddy, you can collect one from the Transfer Station or Civic Centre.
FOGO for multi-unit developments (MUDs)
Council has completed the delivery of FOGO bins and caddies to multi-unit developments with Council collection service.
Please contact Council if:
- you need more bins for your complex or building
- you want to reduce the number of FOGO bins in your complex or building
- change the setting of your bin (shared or not shared)
- if you need a shared bin sticker.
For enquiries, please lodge a request, call Customer Service on 9243 8888 or email fogo@mvcc.vic.gov.au
How to reduce odour
Kitchen caddies
- Keep the lid of your caddy closed when not in use.
- Store your caddy out of direct sunlight.
- Let hot food cool down before putting it in your caddy.
- Put meat and seafood sealed in a container in your fridge or freezer until the night before collection.
- Sprinkle bicarbonate of soda into the caddy.
- Line the caddy with paper towel sprinkled with a few drops of vanilla essence.
- Empty your caddy at least every 2 to 3 days and more often in warmer months.
Green lid FOGO bins
- Place your green bin out for every collection even if the bin is not full.
- Store the bin in a well-ventilated area out of direct sunlight (in the carport, under your house eaves or a tree).
- Keep the lid closed.
- Layer food scraps with cut grass or garden clippings.
- Use baking soda, lemon juice or eucalyptus oil to clean your bin.
- Spray lavender or mint oil near the base of your bins to deter rodents.
Where does your FOGO go - video library
What goes into your green-lid FOGO bin crossword
What goes into your green-lid FOGO bin crossword featured in the September 2025 edition of Valley View magazine.
Answers to the FOGO crossword
If you have any FOGO questions
- call 9243 8888 between 8.30am and 5pm, Monday - Friday or
- email fogo@mvcc.vic.gov.au.