Decision details

It is resolved that Council:

(A)      note that staff have determined that a food organics (FO) service is the optimal service type for recycling food scraps in City of Sydney households;

(B)      endorse implementation of a FO service to all City households and continue providing a separate garden organics service in line with the NSW Government mandate for councils to provide food and garden organics (FOGO) services to all households by 2030;

(C)      endorse progression to the next stage of service rollout planning;

(D)      note that suitable service collection and processing methods and service levels will be reported back to Council for consideration;

(E)      note that the City will extend the current food scraps collection service in May 2025 by offering it to all houses currently on the waitlist (as at 14 March 2025); and

(F)      the Chief Executive Officer be requested to provide a further report to Council with opportunities to accelerate the rollout of the current food scraps collection service.

Substantive motion carried unanimously.

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