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Brisbane to get free green bins, but 'FOGO a no-go' (www.abc.net.au)

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[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 1 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The council removed the everyone's old larger general waste wheely bins when they rolled the new system out. Old system was 1 large general waste collected weekly. 1 large recycle bin collected fortnightly.

Now we have 1 half size waste bin collected fortnightly. Same recycle bin collected fortnightly. Large FOGO bin collected weekly. Unless I've done gardening there is usually only a tiny volume of food scraps in mine.

Part of the intent is to encourage everyone to produce less waste by making it harder to get rid of. The other is of course to get the methane generating FOGO separated so it does not end up in landfill.

Oh and the council saves money on disposal by having this system in place. Savings were not directly passed on to rate payer's though. I guess they are indirectly via not raising annual rates by as much.