Rebates

Eligible businesses can receive rebates to kick start their Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bin collections. The rebate helps offset the difference in cost between general waste and FOGO bin collections and helps businesses transition food waste from landfill into recycling without increasing their waste collection costs.

Businesses can receive an $8 to $10 rebate per FOGO bin collection, with rebates capped to $70 per business per week ($310 per month/claim and $3,720 per year).

By replacing a general waste bin with a FOGO bin, businesses can divert waste from landfill, reduce emissions and turn food scraps into compost to be used on farms to grow more food.

To be eligible, businesses must:

• Be registered with Randwick Council's FOGO for Business program, click here for more information and to register.  
• Operate as a hospitality business, including cafés, restaurants, pubs, clubs, bars, hotels or takeaway food services. 
• Be subject to the NSW Business Food Waste Mandates that will commence on either 1 July 2028 or 1 July 2030 (i.e. businesses generating between 720L to 3,959L of general waste per week).
• Have completed an initial Bin Trim waste assessment and food waste review through the FOGO for Business program. 
• Participate in quarterly Bin Trim waste assessments facilitated by Randwick Council to monitor food waste diversion and contamination levels.
• Only new FOGO collections service commencing after 1 October 2026 will be eligible for rebates, with the final eligible collection to occur no later than 28 May 2027.
• Not be participating in any other food waste reduction or recycling program supported by a NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) grant. 

See FOGO for Business Rebates Guidelines for full terms and conditions. 

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