Organic Waste

Organic waste is plentiful in school playground rubbish bins. Once students begin to sort their waste you will need a good system to deal with the organic waste you collect. There are a few ways to manage your organic waste depending on the size of your school and the service offered in your area.

The most common options available to schools are worm farms, compost systems and housing chickens. Many areas in the BVSC have FOGO - Food and Garden Organics that schools can access. Below are some links to resources and products for schools to consider.

FOGO- Food Organics Garden Organics

About FOGOFOGO is a weekly food and garden organics collection service to divert waste from landfill and increase production of compost

In 2022 the Environmental Protection Agency introduced new regulations that govern what can and can't be placed in the Bega Valley Shire's FOGO bins. This may impact school canteens in particular as compostable products are no longer able to go in FOGO, they now need to go in the red-lid landfill bin.

NSW EPA introducing new FOGO rulesThe NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is introducing new regulations that govern what can and can't be placed in the Bega Valley Shire's FOGO bins.

Food organics and garden organics | EPA

No pizza boxes, tea bags or paper towels. So what can go in your FOGO bin?As green-lidded food organics and garden organics (FOGO) bins roll out across NSW, confusion about what should and shouldn't go in them means 45 per cent of what's collected across Australia still ends up in landfill.

FOGO Schools - Fogomentory 17 Shortened Version 4BThis is "Fogomentory 17 Shortened Version 4B" by Gooseboy Productions on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Worm Farming for Schools

Building a Worm FarmJerry shows how to build and set up a worm farm for next to nothing

Composting for Schools

Chickens in Schools

The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Chickens in SchoolConsidering keeping chickens in your school, kindergarten or childcare? Find out what you need to get started and activities your students can experience.

Keeping chickens in schools - Poultry HubPoultry CRC and the NSW Department of Education & Communities (DEC) produced these videos outlining the fundamentals of keeping chickens in schools. These can also be accessed via LearningNSWDET’s YouTube channel. The films are targeted at schools that are new to keeping chickens, providing information and useful insights from a school already using poultry in their classrooms, with expertise from …

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