Waste and recycling for business

If you run a business in the shire and would like to find out more about Council's kerbside bin collection service, see Order bins and bin charges.

Collected weekly, the FOGO (Food Organics Garden Organics) service allows all food waste, including meat and bones, to go in your FOGO bin. Paper towel, napkins, tissues and certified compostable packaging, like coffee cups, can also go in your FOGO bin.

At the start of this service most businesses received a 7 litre kitchen caddy and a year's supply of caddy liners. When approached by Council, hospitality businesses indicated that they would prefer a 240 litre bin liner rather than the 7 litre kitchen caddy due to the commercial volume of food waste that they produce.

240 L FOGO bin liners are available for purchase from your local resource recovery facility and customer service centres. Alternatively, you can empty all organic waste directly into the bin to save time and cost of liners.

With the introduction of the FOGO service, businesses may find that multiple general waste bins are no longer needed. Contact our customer service team to reduce your general waste bins and request additional FOGO bins.

From 1 November 2019, the Victorian Government banned the use of lightweight plastic shopping bags.

The ban applies to all retailers, including supermarkets, greengrocers, bakeries, pharmacies, clothes stores, restaurants, cafes, markets, food outlets, and many more.

The ban applies to all lightweight plastic shopping bags which have a thickness of 35 microns or less at any part of the bag, including degradable, biodegradable and compostable bags. 

More information is available on the Victorian Government website.

From 1 February 2023, problematic single-use plastic was banned from sale or supply in Victoria. 

The ban applies to single-use plastic drinking straws, cutlery, plates, drink stirrers and cotton bud sticks made from conventional, degradable and compostable plastic. The ban also applies to food service items and drink containers made from expanded polystyrene.

People who need single-use plastic drinking straws for accessibility or medical needs, can still purchase and use these items.

To learn more about the ban and find out what support and resources are available to you, visit the Victorian Government website. 

Food waste containing meat, other animal by-products, some dairy products and any food that has come into contact with these prohibited foods must not be fed to pigs. 

Visit Chemicals and e-waste

Our resource recovery facilities accept small domestic size loads of building waste and hard waste. Large commercial loads will not be accepted.