Scrap Together

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A LITTLE SCRAP GOES A LONG WAY

Scrap Together Colouring Competition

Thanks to all the little environmental warriors who entered our Scrap Together Colouring Competition.

The design featured food scraps, including fish and meat bones, fruit and veggie scraps and cheese – all things that go in the green-lid FOGO bin.

Six winners were drawn randomly and the winners are:

  • Ella Forsyth
  • Ella Johnson
  • Ella Mildren
  • Jayden Spicer
  • Ana Proos
  • Nevaeh Dean

Click here to see our McAuley Catholic Central School winners.(JPG, 887KB)

Click here to read the Scrap Together Colouring Competition Terms and Conditions(PDF, 123KB)

 

 

 

Every bit counts! The green-lid bin takes all food scraps, including fish, dairy, meat, and bones. 

Keep it clean! Make sure you keep plastic out of the green-lid bin. Keep your caddy bin clean by freezing smelly scraps, washing your bin regularly and using compostable caddy liners or newspaper. 

Eleven months on from the introduction of the kerbside Food Organics Garden Organics (FOGO) collection service across the Snowy Valleys, 1,200 tonnes of food and garden organics has been diverted from landfill.

To build on these positive results, Snowy Valleys Council has partnered with the Canberra Region Joint Organisation (CRJO) to roll out the Scrap Together campaign.

Consisting of promotion across radio, print, web and socials the Scrap Together campaign will help residents get the best out of their FOGO service.

The ambitious goal of the campaign is to get all the food that is still being sent to landfill, diverted to the green FOGO bin, helping the community to reduce carbon emissions and the negative impact on the environment.

The results of bin audits conducted before and after the program will be compared to determine the success of the campaign.

First piloted in Forbes, Clarence Valley and Kempsey Councils, the campaign resulted in an average of 10 per cent increase in food waste recovered for recycling.

Along with four other NSW Councils in the CBJO, Snowy Valleys Council have successfully received a share in an NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) grant of $50,000 to participate in the community education program.

The NSW Government had allocated an additional $69 million over the next five years to further expand FOGO services and support councils to meet new requirements under the Government’s Waste and Sustainable Materials Strategy 2041 to provide services to all NSW households by 2030.

For more information about the campaign click here.

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