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- out of date or mouldy food, including bread, pasta, rice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.
For other information and a bin or kitchen caddy sticker:
- visit our Customer Service Centre, 9 Kellaway Ave, Moonee Ponds
- email FOGO@mvcc.vic.gov.au
- call 9243 8888.
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.
FOGO bins and caddies will be delivered to residents in multi-unit developments (MUDs) mid-2025.
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 will be delivering green-lid Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bins and kitchen caddies to Council-serviced MUDs from mid-2025.
Following the MUD FOGO trial in 2024 to determine which properties would receive shared or individual bins, Council has been in contact with bodies corporate to ensure each property receives the appropriate number of bins. Existing shared FOGO bins will have a ‘shared bin sticker’ placed on them and no additional bins delivered. All units will receive their own kitchen caddy.
MUDs with private waste collection services are not eligible for Council’s FOGO service.
Other FOGO bin enquiries
Please use the service portal to order a FOGO bin if you fall under one of the following categories:
- you already have a FOGO bin and would like to order an additional bin; or
- you want to change the size of your FOGO bin.
Please note that all new bin requests must be submitted by the property owner or ratepayer.
For all other enquiries please call Customer Service on 9243 8888 or email FOGO@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
FOGO charge information
The service charge for FOGO bins has been incorporated into the Waste Services charge on your rates notice, from July 2024 onwards.
If you already had a green-lid FOGO bin prior to the service expansion, you will no longer see this charge as a separate line item on your rates notice.
For further information on your annual garbage charge and bin-related fees, visit the bin charges page.
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.
Download a PDF of these tips
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