Food waste recycling

Food recycling involves turning food scraps into compost. You can now put your food scraps in your household green bin along with your green waste. The food and green waste will then be sent to a facility in Dandenong South where it is turned into compost. 

Food waste makes up about 50% of Kingston’s household waste sent to landfill. By placing your food waste into your green bin, you will be doing your bit to help the environment and contribute to the creation of nutrient rich compost that can be used by Victorian farmers to grow crops.

Benefits of food waste recycling

See a list of what you can put in your bins, including your food and garden waste bin.

Food and garden waste is turned into compost at a commercial facility in Dandenong South. It is then used on farms, parks, and gardens to improve soil.

Your green bin will be collected every fortnight as per your normal collection schedule. 

If you place your food waste in the green bin with the lid closed, it should not attract pests.

You can order a green bin by filling out the below form.

Order a green bin

No, at this stage our food recycling service will not cater for commercial quantities of food waste. 

No, however for unit block residents a shared green bin may be suitable.

Yes, if your apartment block uses Council’s garbage collection service. We can’t offer the service if a private contractor collects your rubbish. 

To check if your service is a Council service or private contractor please contact your building management.

A kitchen caddy makes it easier to collect scraps as you prepare food. You can use your own container if you prefer, such as an ice cream or yoghurt container, or simply throw your food scraps directly into your green waste bin.  

Yes. You can order order a green bin and receive a caddy along with your bin.

To order a separate caddy, please call customer service on 1300 653 356 or email us at info@kingston.vic.gov.au.

No.

Compostable bag liners can be picked up from Council's Cheltenham Customer Service Centre or purchased from most supermarkets. If you want to purchase your own, please only use bags with the seedling logo, which is an international certification and symbol that identifies certified compostable degradable plastics.

No. Only compostable liners that carry the seedling logo can be used in your caddy.

You can use compostable bin liners provided with your caddy to hold your food scraps. You can also wrap your food waste in a sheet of newspaper, tissue, or paper towel.  

No, use of the bin liners is optional. You can put your food scraps directly into the caddy or green bin. 

Alternatively, you can wrap your food waste in a sheet of newspaper, tissue, or paper towel.

We encourage you to continue with your own composting. However, our commercial facility accepts animal bones, meat,  citrus peel, and dairy, which aren't recommend for most home composting.