Better Bins Plus: Go FOGO

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.

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.