Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO

Funding for local government FOGO kerbside collection services

The $20 million Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program is an initiative of the Government of Western Australia, delivered by the Waste Authority. The program supports local governments to provide better practice three‑bin kerbside collection systems, including a dedicated bin for food organics and garden organics (FOGO).

Better Bins Plus supports a headline commitment in Western Australia’s Waste avoidance and resource recovery strategy 2030 (waste strategy) to roll out a consistent three‑bin kerbside collection system, which includes separation of FOGO from other waste categories, by all local governments in the Perth and Peel regions by 2025.

The Waste Authority’s Better practice FOGO kerbside collection guidelines describe better practice three‑bin kerbside collection services, including mobile garbage bins, kitchen caddies and liners, complementary measures and actions to support markets for FOGO-derived materials. Better Bins Plus provides funding to local governments that deliver kerbside services consistent with the guidelines.

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Better Bins Plus is supported by the WasteSorted Toolkit, which helps local governments and regional councils communicate with residents about how to sort their waste correctly.

Better Bins Plus funding is accessible to all local governments in Western Australia.

 

Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO participants

Local governments participating in Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program are:

  • the cities of Albany, Bayswater, Belmont, Bunbury, Fremantle, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Melville, Nedlands, Perth, Rockingham, Subiaco, Swan and Vincent 
  • the shires of Augusta-Margaret River, Collie, Dardanup, Esperance, Harvey and Mundaring
  • the towns of Bassendean, Cottesloe, East Fremantle and Mosman Park.

Local governments delivering FOGO services but not currently participating in Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program are:

  • the shires of Capel and Donnybrook-Balingup and the Town of Cambridge.

 

Western Australian Local Governments Providing three bin FOGO kerbside collections

1) Local Governments participating in the State Government's Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO grant program

Local government

When rollout commenced/ planned

Households covered

Grant funding total (Better Bins Plus)

City of Bunbury

May 2013

15,597

$210,907 

Shire of Collie

Apr 2016

3,900

$58,500 

City of Melville

Jul 2019

42,891

$623,805 

Town of East Fremantle

Jul 2019

3,263

$47,304 

Shire of Harvey

Aug 2019

10,800

$158,250 

City of Fremantle

Aug 2019

15,952

$167,893 

Shire of Augusta-Margaret River

Sep 2019

7,363

$102,600 

Town of Bassendean

Jul 2020

7,317

$105,990 

City of Bayswater

Mar 2021

31,122

$447,240 

Shire of Dardanup

Sep 2021

5,014

$140,507 

City of Albany

Jul 2021

15,986

$247,542 

City of Vincent

Nov 2021

17,996

$462,450 

Town of Cottesloe

Jun 2022

3,268

$45,302 

City of Nedlands

Nov 2022

8,407

$209,777 

City of Subiaco

May 2023

8,347

$74,715 

Town of Mosman Park

Aug 2023

3,044

$45,660 

City of Belmont

Feb 2024

17,872

$295,440 

City of Swan

Jul 2024

13,306

$1,047,030 

Shire of Mundaring

Jul 2024

14,826

$370,000 

City of Kalamunda

Sep 2024

23,203

$348,045 

Shire of Esperance

Jun 2025

4,965

$124,125 

City of Joondalup

Jul 2025

62,369

$976,320 

City of Perth

Dec 2025

1,246

$28,700 

City of Rockingham

Dec 2025

57,400

$861,000 

TOTAL BETTER BINS PLUS: Go FOGO

 

395,454

$7,199,102  

Local government

When rollout commenced/ planned

Households covered

Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup

Nov 2014

1,247

Shire of Capel

Apr 2018

6,431

Town of Cambridge

Jul 2024

11,371

Shire of Peppermint Grove

May 2025

613

TOTAL FOGO HOUSEHOLDS 

 

19,662

 

Applications now open

The sixth funding round opened Saturday, 1 July 2024 and will close at midnight WST, Sunday 30 June 2025. 

Applications started in a financial year must be submitted by the end of that financial year – otherwise a new application will need to be started and submitted in the next financial year. 

Contact the Program Coordinator to discuss your local government FOGO project and be given access to the SmartyGrants application form. 

 

Grant funding improvements

The Waste Authority actioned improvements to the Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO program to encourage delivery of better practice three-bin FOGO collection services by local governments.

These improvements included:

  • increasing payments to $25 or $15 per household for all approved projects, with the higher amount being provided to local governments that have not received funds from the earlier Better Bins program
  • providing top-ups to existing Better Bins Plus project payments to a combined maximum of $25 or $15 per household, conditional on the funding being used to improve the performance of existing FOGO services, supported by approved project plans.

In addition, the grant applications window is now open year-round so that local governments can apply when it best suits their planning needs.

For further details please see the Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO - Funding guidelines updated in October 2023. 

Relevant documents

Created Date:
Mon 9 September 2019

Last Edit Date:
Wed 14 May 2025