Upper Hunter Shire Council's Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) bin collection service will began on Monday, July 4.

"FOGO will help residents to take everyday action on climate change by turning food and garden waste into nutrient-rich compost, thereby reducing methane gas being generated from our landfills," Manager Waste and Sustainability Paul Jakes said.

"This has the potential to reduce waste emissions considerably and help us on our way to becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

"We know there is strong interest in FOGO collection services, with people surveyed across the Shire in 2020 indicating their support. It emerged as a key theme for the community."

Through the service, participating households can put food scraps into an easy-to-use kitchen caddy and compostable bin liners, which have been provided free of charge.

The food scraps can then be emptied into their green-lidded FOGO bin, along with garden waste.

FOGO bins are collected every week and rubbish and recycling bins moving to fortnightly collection. This is how most FOGO services operate across Australia.

Households using the FOGO service can compost all food scraps, including some items that would not usually go into the household compost, like meat and bones, along with garden waste.

All participating households will have now received educational material, an updated collection calendar, their new kitchen caddy, supply of certified compostable liners and a FOGO bin.

The first three to six months will give Council the opportunity to take a look at contamination rates and how a FOGO collection service can be successfully implemented across individual households.

Leftovers and cooked food

Yogurt, cheese and eggs

Fruit and vegetable scraps

Meat/fish scraps and bones

Bread, grains and cereals

Certified compostable liners

Grass clippings

Pruning, cuttings, trimmings

Twigs and sticks

Palm fronds

Hair

Coffee

Paper towel

Weeds

Plastic bags

Oyster shells

Plastic products

Sanitary products

Treated timber

Metals

Glass

Textiles and old clothes