Green Bin/FOGO Collection Service

For residents in the opt-in communities in the Mansfield Shire who would like a green bin, apply using the form below

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Residents can also request a complimentary kitchen caddy.

A kitchen caddy allows you to collect waste in your kitchen before taking it to the larger kerbside bin.

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Where to collect your kitchen caddy:-

Mansfield Shire Council Office

* Address: 33 Highett Street, Mansfield

Mansfield Library

* Address: 2 Collopy Street, Mansfield

Mansfield Visitor Information Centre

* Address: 175 High Street, Mansfield

Residents can participate in a composting workshop and receive a complimentary composting bucket for use on their property.

The workshops will be held later in 2024.

Residents who register their interest will be notified of workshop dates as they are finalised.

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FOGO stands for Food Organics and Garden Organics. It includes food scraps from your kitchen and plant matter from your garden.

The green bin collection service separates your FOGO waste and turns it into compost.

What CAN go in the green bin:

Food waste, including:

• coffee grounds
• dairy products
• eggs
• grains, including bread, pasta, rice & cereal
• vegetables
• fruit
• meat & bones

Garden waste, including:

• grass clippings
• leaves
• plants, weeds & flowers
• twigs, branches and bark
• feathers

Paper products, including:

• cardboard
• newspaper
• pizza boxes
• paper towels
• tea bags (not including pyramid-types or staples)

If you would like a green bin and your property is not automatically registered, apply using the form below.

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Otherwise, your red and yellow bin collection will continue unchanged.

Even if you're not getting a green bin, composting your food waste and keeping a worm farm are excellent ways to keep organic waste out of landfill and create nutrient-rich compost for your garden or pot plants.

Waste from green bins will be transported to the Biomix processing facility near Stanhope.

On arriving, it is checked for contamination and transferred to a composting unit. Over six weeks it is processed into nutrient-rich compost.

Biomix produces various compost products which are then supplied to the agricultural and industrial market.

Properties in the rural living zone and most townships will not automatically receive a green bin.

If your property is automatically registered, it's up to you whether or not you use your green bin. 

The new green bin service charge is $98.69 per year. This works out to approximately $2 per week for the supply and collection of your new green bin.

Council has worked hard to reduce our existing waste charges, with the average charge to households who are not receiving a green bin reducing by 10% this year (down to $483.24 from $541.46 last financial year). This reduction means the overall increase for those receiving the green bin will only be about $40, or less than $1 per week.

Residents not receiving a green bin will not receive the additional charge and will see a 10% reduction in their waste charges.

Council has chosen this approach based on extensive community consultation.

Feedback from temporary residents and visitors showed that they were less likely to require a regular collection service. As a result, the green bin is being offered as an option in townships with high numbers of temporary residents.

For townships with high numbers of permanent residents, the green bin will be rolled out to all households.

Community feedback also showed that farms and larger rural properties have distinct waste management practices, with many already composting their FOGO waste independently. Because of this, collection services for properties in rural living zones will continue unchanged.