A-Z FOGO list

A-Z of what can and cannot go into the FOGO bin

A
Adhesive labels and tape - NO

Animal droppings - NO
B
Baking Paper - NO

Barbecue Skewers (bamboo) - NO

Biodegradable plastic bags - NO

Bones (Meat and Seafood) - YES

Branches <10cm diameter - YES

Bread (crusts, stale or mouldy) - YES

Building material - NO
C
Car parts - NO

Cardboard - NO

Cartons, such as milk or juice cartons (including lids or caps) - NO

Cat Litter - NO

Ceramics - NO

Cereal - YES

Certified compostable packaging, cutlery, containers, cups, straws, stirrers - NO

Charcoal - NO

Cheese - YES

Chewing Gum/Bubble Gum - NO

Chicken bones, skin, scraps - YES

Chopsticks (wooden or bamboo) - NO

Clothes - No

Coffee grinds (without pods or other packaging) - YES

Compostable liners that don't have the Australian standard AS4736-2006 - NO

Compostable liners with Australian Standard AS4736-2006 (for lining your caddy only) - YES

Cooking oils/fays (small amounts absorbed by newspaper or mixed into vegetable scraps are ok, large amounts should be stored in a container and brought to a chemical clean-up event) - YES

Corks (any type) - NO

Curries (best if frozen) - YES
D
Dairy products - YES

Dental floss/pick (any type) - NO

Dirt - NO

Dog or cat faeces - NO

Dust - NO
E
Egg cartons - NO

Egg shells - YES

Expired food (without packaging) - YES
F
Feathers (only fresh plucked chicken feathers) - YES

Fish, bones, skin and scraps - YES

Fish & Chip paper - NO

Flowers - YES

Food in containers (only food can go in FOGO but not the container) - NO

Food scraps - YES

Fruit, peel, cores, seeds and scraps - YES
G
Garden Cuttings - YES

Glass bottles and jars (including lids and seals) - NO

Grains - YES

Grass Clippings - YES

Green/Eco/Calico/Hessian/Reuseable Bags - NO
H
Hair, human or pet - NO

Hay or Straw (only products made from clean wood, timber, hay or straw can be accepted. Anything made with super-absorbent product may contain plastic and cannot not go into your FOGO bin) - YES

Household waste - NO
I
Ice cream container - NO
J
Junk mail - NO
K
Kitty litter, clay, paper based or plastic - NO
L
Leather products, bags, shoes and other - NO

Leaves - YES

Leftover cooked food - YES

Logs, larger than 10cm in diameter - NO
M
Magazines and glossy paper - NO

Meat bones and skins - YES

Meat scraps (raw or cooked) - YES

Medical waste - NO

Metal Tins and Cans - NO

Milk (including non-dairy milks) - YES

Mouldy food - YES
N
Nails, human and pet - NO

Napkins/serviettes - NO

Nappies (including compostable ones) - NO

Needles and syringes - NO

Newspaper (for lining your caddy or wrapping food only, newspaper pages are accepted but not the entire paper) - YES

Nuts, including shells and husks - YES
O
Oil (small amounts absorbed by newspaper or mixed into vegetable scraps are ok, large amounts should be stored in a contianer and brought to a chemical clean-up event) - NO

Oyster shells - YES
P
Paints and poisons - NO

Palm fronds and Palm tree nuts - NO

Paper, shredded or dirty/oily - NO

Paper bags (except for lining your caddy - Recycle first) - NO

Paper napkins - NO

Paper or plastic condiments sachets (e.g. sugar, salt, pepper sachets) - NO

Paper plates - NO

Paper towels - NO

Pasta (cooked or uncooked) - YES

Pet food - YES

Pet poo - NO

Pet hay or straw (only products made from clean wood, timber, hay or straw can be accepted. Anything made with super-absorbent product may contain plastic and cannot not go into your FOGO bin) - YES

Pizza boxes - NO

Plant cuttings - YES

Plant pots - NO

Plastic bags - NO

Pruning <10cm in diameter - YES
R
Recyclable items - NO

Recyclable plastic containers - NO

Rice (cooked or uncooked) - YES

Rocks - NO
S
Sand - NO

Sauces such as tomato sauce or relishes (without packaging) - YES

Seafood and shells - YES

Seeds - YES

Shellfish waste - YES

Shredded Paper - NO

Skin, fish, chicken - YES

Soil - NO

Straw or hay (only products made from clean wood, timber, hay or straw can be accepted. Anything made with super-absorbent product may contain plastic and cannot not go into your FOGO bin) - YES
T
Tea bags - NO

Tea leaves - YES

Textiles, bedding, cleaning cloths, carpets - NO

Timber (untreated, unpainted, uncoated <10cm in diameter - YES

Tissues - NO

Toilet roll, paper towel cardboard inners - NO

Toothpick - NO

Twigs and sticks <10cm in diameter - YES
V
Vacuum waste - NO

Vegetables, peels, cores, seeds and scraps - YES
W
Weeds - YES

Wipes, including compostable ones - NO
Y
Yoghurt - YES
Z
Zuchinni - YES

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