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Make the most of your locally-produced compost.
Make the most of your locally-produced FOGO compost, available at Merimbula, Eden, Wallagoot and Bermagui waste transfer stations. Check the Bega Valley Waste App or here for availability.
In 2018 the Bega Valley Shire Council introduced FOGO to turn their food and garden waste into high quality compost instead of putting it into landfill
We don’t recommend using FOGO compost to top-dress lawns.
Although the Bega Valley’s FOGO compost contamination rates are among the lowest in Australia, the quality of the end product is reliant on people ‘choosing the right bin’. We decontaminate the FOGO waste by hand and have several other separation techniques the compost goes through as part of processing, but there are limitations on what we can remove. Broken glass and small pieces of plastic are particularly difficult to remove. We are continually improving our processing systems to enable us to remove contaminants, and Council delivers community education programs which aim to inform, educate and inspire people to keep their FOGO bins contamination free.
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Bega Valley Shire Council FOGO compost and mulch is pasteurised and is sold under the NSW EPA ‘compost’ Resource Recovery Order.
Nutrient | Compost |
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Nitrogen | 1.08% |
Phosphorus | 6.4% |
Potassium | 0.72% |
Organic Carbon | 16.5% |
Zinc | 209 mg/kg |
Copper | 18.5 mg/kg |
Sodium | 0.21% |
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PO Box 492
Bega NSW 2550
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Administration building Zingel Place Bega
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