LOCAL GOVERNMENT —
FOOD ORGANICS AND GARDEN ORGANICS BINS
619. Hon Dr STEVE THOMAS to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the joint media release
of the Minister for Environment and the Premier of 10 February 2019 entitled ''New
Three-bin system the centrepiece of Waste Strategy'', in which they
announced their plan that by 2025, all Perth and Peel households will be using
food organics and garden organics—or FOGO—bins.
(1) How many
local governments and all other monitored waste collection organisations in Western
Australia are currently providing and collecting FOGO bins?
(2) What is the total amount of FOGO
waste being collected in Western Australia?
(3) What proportion of the FOGO waste collected is
being recycled, and what products is it being recycled into?
(4) What total amount and proportion
of FOGO waste is being used to produce compost?
(5) What proportion of the FOGO
waste collected is going into landfill in Western Australia?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) Five local
governments are currently providing and collecting food organics and garden
organics—or FOGO—bins. They are Cities of Melville and Bunbury,
and the Shires of Collie, Capel and Donnybrook–Balingup. The Department
of Water and Environmental Regulation does not collect or require this
information from other waste collection organisations.
(2)–(5) Consolidated
statewide data on the amount of FOGO material being processed in Western Australia
is currently unavailable. This information is being collected as part of the
2017–18 local government waste and recycling census, which is due to be
released later in 2019.