What you need to know
Fortnightly collection (alternate week to yellow-lid recycling bin)
FOGO 2024 expansion information
How to use your green-lid FOGO bin
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- out of date or mouldy food, including bread, pasta, rice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
- nappies, wet wipes
- plastic materials, including biodegradable or non-certified compostable plastics
- dirt, sand or soil
- treated or coated wood.
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 Service Portal request, call Customer Service on 9243 8888 or email FOGO@mvcc.vic.gov.au
FOGO video library
Download the FOGO guide or listen to the audio version
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.
Reducing FOGO odour
Guide for storing fresh produce
Click to learn more about where does your FOGO go
Find out more about FOGO
Your household bin system is changing for the better. From July 2024, your new household bin system includes the red-lid landfill bin, yellow-lid recycle bin and green-lid FOGO bin. This is now our standard 3-bin system with no opt-out options.
Small Acts, Big Impact - Tips for reducing food waste
If you have any FOGO questions please call 9243 8888 between 8am and 4pm Monday - Friday or email FOGO@mvcc.vic.gov.au