COUNCIL-accepted compostable bags and replacement benchtop caddies are now available for purchase from all shire transfer stations and visitor information centres, the Bright council office, and Mount Beauty and Myrtleford libraries.

According to council, their kerbside contractor only accepts these types of compostable bag in the kerbside FOGO bins to prevent contamination.

Cameras located inside the contractor’s kerbside trucks enable drivers to know if the correct bags are being used by a property or not, and if the contents of the bins contain contaminants.

If alternate compostable bags are used and found in a FOGO bin, material collected will be re-directed to landfill, not processed at the Wagga Wagga organics facility.