Rollout of FOGO to Single Dwellings

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Item 20 FOGO – Food Recycling Update (8 Aug 2023 Council Meeting)
 
Q: What are the projected dollar savings and Co2 emissions year savings from the FOGO [FOOD ORGANIC GARDEN ORGANIC Bin Collection] rollout?
 
A: Based on 7,000 tonnes of food and garden waste (expected) to be transferred from the Red lid garbage(land fill) bin to FOGO Green Bin:
  • 14,700 tonnes CO2 equivalent and
  • $370,000 savings in landfill fees/disposal/processing charges
     
Revenue from Domestic Waste Charges(21/22) $37,701,000 (Source Annual Report and Financial Statements 2021/22
 
Inner West Council received a Go FOGO grant. 
Go FOGO grants are available to NSW councils to implement new weekly kerbside collection services for food and garden waste. The grants support councils to deliver efficient weekly organics recycling services to households.
*Inner West Council*
$953,425
Inner West Council Go FOGO

  * *Grant amount:* Grant amount depends on the number and type of
    households and type of service change.
  * *Application opened:* 15 August 2023
  * *Application closes:* 10 October 2023, 4:00 pm
More at https://www.nsw.gov.au/grants-and-funding/go-fogo-grants 
 
 
 

Where will the FOGO go?

 
from where Veolia is transporting it by Road to Soil Co at Forbes https://soilco.com.au/
 

Emissions from Transport


 
From Greenhouse Gas Inventory: December 2022 pages 14/15
2.3 Energy – Transport
The transport sector includes emissions from the direct combustion of fuels in transportation by road, rail, domestic aviation and domestic shipping. The main fuels used for transport are automotive gasoline (petrol), diesel oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and aviation turbine fuel (jet fuel).In the year to December 2022, transport accounted for 20.2% of Australia’s national inventory(Figure 3).
Emissions from transport over the year to December 2022 increased 4.9% in actual terms, compared
with the previous year (Figure 10). This was driven by a 56.1% increase in domestic jet fuel consumption, a 1.6% increase in diesel consumption, and a 3.0% increase in petrol consumption
From Greenhouse Gas Inventory: December 2022 pages 14/15
over the year to December 2022 (Figure 11). This year-on-year increase reflects the ongoing recovery from the impacts of COVID related lockdowns. Transport emissions remain below their
peak seen in 2018.
Emissions in the December 2022 quarter decreased 0.7% in trend terms on the previous quarter, primarily driven by a 0.7% decrease in petrol consumption in trend terms on the previous quarter (Figure 11).
The strong increase in diesel consumption since 2009 (Figure 11) is largely driven by trends in the road transport sector. The underlying reasons for this growth include the population driven increasein the road transport fleet, increasing popularity of diesel vehicle options for passenger vehicles and increasing demand for freight which is dominated by diesel-powered light commercial and heavy vehicles. Australia’s diesel vehicle stocks (including passenger, light commercial, freight and buses) have increased 72% since 2014, while petrol vehicle stocks have remained relatively flatover the same period10,11.
Figure 10: Transport emissions, actual and trend, by quarter, June 2005 to December 22 -Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory: December 2022 pages 14/15 https://www.dcceew.gov.au/climate-change/publications/national-greenhouse-gas-inventory-quarterly-update-december-2022
 
We need electric trucks now, to reduce our transport emissions from Kerbside collection.

Avoiding food waste

Food waste makes up to 37% of the average garbage bin in the Council area. Reducing food waste is a priority to the Council as it's key to moving towards zero waste.

Food waste costs Australian households $2,000 - $2,500 per year.

Some of the reasons why food is wasted are: Cooking and buying too much
Mistakenly discarding food before the use-by/best before date
Changing plans last minute to eat out or buy takeaway meals

Wasting food also wastes the energy, water and natural resources used to grow, package, transport and market that food.

Here are some key recommendations to avoiding food waste to help you decrease your footprint and save money.

https://www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/live/waste-and-recycling/food-organics-and-composting/food

Superheroes 

https://twitter.com/IWCouncil/status/1357512827095838720

Remember Garbageman's signature catch phrase (which he joyously shouted during the first photo):

⚠️ "It's a treat to clean the street!" ⚠️ pic.twitter.com/cDQta5kqYy

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