Green Organics | Your Say

Thank you for your feedback during the first round of consultation on Council's green organics and food recovery process.

You can now view a copy of the final consultation outcomes report here and in the document library on this page.

Next steps:

The next step is for this report to be presented at an upcoming Council meeting. We will use the feedback provided to inform the Green Waste Scoping Study which will be undertaken in the coming months.

After the completion of a draft Green Waste Scoping Study Council will work on developing options for improvements to green organic services and invite people to participate in a conversation about the options. This will likely take the form of a general survey to the wider community plus an online focus group.

If you are interested in being part of an online focus group please register below.

Did you know 30%-50% of what is wasted in general waste bins is food?

When food waste is sent to landfill it rots and releases methane, a harmful greenhouse gas with 21 times the global warming potential of carbon dioxide. At the Adelaide Hills Council we are committed to reducing waste that goes into blue bins and we need your help do to that.

The great news: Recovered food and garden organic waste can be turned into valuable nutrient rich products (compost and mulch) which help increase soil quality and water retention. Diverting these items from landfill also creates jobs and reduces disposal costs.

What's offered now?

Adelaide Hills Council offers its residents a number of options to encourage and enable recycling of food and garden organic waste.

• Food and garden organics bins (FOGO bins) are collected kerbside fortnightly from households in township areas (~10,000 households) and sent to a compost facility.
• Free green organic drop off days are held throughout the year (~14 days per year) across three sites.
• Residents without FOGO kerbside bins, (predominantly outside of township boundary areas), are eligible to receive two vouchers per financial year to dispose of organics at the Heathfield Resource Recovery Centre.