2025 C & I Food Waste & Recycling Survey

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Instructions:

Please complete this survey with accurate service information for the month of May 2025. There are 18 questions.

Your responses will help determine service levels and identify need to support the C&I sector to comply with the FOGO mandates.

Note: Do not include work that is subcontracted out

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Company Name *

1. Does your business provide C&I food waste recycling collection services? *

If Yes, you will move to Q2. If No, you will move to Q11.

2. How many clients did your business provide a C&I food waste recycling collection service to during May 2025?

3. List the suburbs or postcodes where your business provided a C&I food waste recycling collection service in May 2025:

4. How many trucks were used for C&I food waste recycling collections in May 2025 ?

5. What is the total number of premises your business provides a C&I food waste recycling collection service in May ?

(only count premises serviced on multiple days once)

6. How many of these premises are having weekly food waste weekly collection services ?

7. How many food waste clients also receive general waste services from you in May 2025?

8. What is the total number of food waste recycling bins were emptied during May 2025 ?

a. 120 L

240 L

660 L

1.5 cubic metre

3.0 cubic metre

Other eg. hook bins

Please specify m3 or L

collection May team

9. Total C&I Food Waste Collected

Solid Waste (kg)

Liquid Waste (litres)

10. Which disposal facilities do you send your C&I food waste to for recycling ?

EarthPower
Soilco
Goterra
Other (please specify)

11. What are your main challenges with the C&I food waste collections ?

Readiness for the FOGO mandates:

FOGO mandates require relevant premises including supermarkets, some institutions and hospitality businesses to have a source-separated food organics (FO) waste collection service in place, from 1 July 2026 for the largest FO generators and staggered to 2030 depending on their weekly residual waste bin capacity.

12. Have your sale team made aware of FOGO business mandates requirement ?

13. Does your business require additional training for the sale and expansion of FOGO services ?

14. Does your business provide general waste collection service ?

15. How many clients did your business provide a general waste collection service in May 2025 ?

16. Do you plan to provide or increase your FO/ FOGO collections ?

No – don’t intend to provide FO or FOGO collection services
Yes – plan to provide FO/ FOGO collection services
Yes – will expand FO/ FOGO services geographically

17. How do you determine answers to the questions 16 ?

We provide both general waste and food organics collection to most clients, including subcontract services at some areas
We provide general waste and subcontract food waste recycling out
We only provide waste or food organic collection service, but we knew their waste contract arrangement
No certainty because we only provide general waste or food waste

Your clients may be required to have a weekly food waste collection if they fall into one of the following categories based on their weekly residual waste bin capacity:

Include clients that are:

supermarkets
premises in which food or drink is prepared or provided including:
- correctional complexes, including correctional centres
- centre-based childcare facilities
- educational establishments including schools, universities and TAFE
- hospitals including public hospitals, private health facilities and mental health facilities
- seniors housing for which the council does not provide a regular collection service for the transportation of residual waste
- food and drink premises such as restaurants, cafes, takeaway food and drink premises, pubs and bars
- hotel or motel accommodation
- registered clubs that hold a club licence under the Liquor Act 2007
- premises used for a mobile catering business within the meaning of the Food Act 2003, Part 8, Division 3, but excluding premises at which the food is served
premises where seating is provided within a common food court or food hall for the immediate consumption of food or drink, or both, purchased at the premises

18. What percentage of these clients have a current FOGO collection?

a) ≥ 3,840L weekly waste residual bin capacity

required to have a weekly food organics collection from 1 July 2026

b) ≥ 1,920L weekly waste residual bin capacity

required to have a weekly food organics collection from 1 July 2028

c) ≥ 660L weekly waste residual bin capacity

required to have a weekly food organics collection from 1 July 2030