For business and community organisations

Your Business is Food

Council has partnered with Love Food Hate Waste with an aim to reduce food waste across our region.

The Your Business is Food Program provides food retailers and hospitality businesses with information, advice and resources to help reduce food waste and potentially save your business money.  

Find out more and sign up

It can be hard to know where to start when it comes to re-evaluating your business waste systems and contracts. Resource support is available to help you get started on rethinking your waste practices.

Business Waste Audit to Action Guide(PDF, 16MB)

For information on commercial waste services offered by Council please get in touch on 6378 2850.

Food waste and food insecurity in Australia are complex, intertwined issues. Many people across the Central West and Western Region live below the poverty line and go without food often, while large volumes of food are wasted by producers and retailers, as well as within the household.

Supported by NSW EPA, Food Rescue Central West is a collective group of volunteer food rescue agencies across the Central West Region, working to rescue food and redistribute it to people who need it.

Food Rescue Central West need more help from large or small businesses and producers.

Find your local food agency and drop off point here and get in touch to find out more. 

Council operates a number of kerbside bin services for business operators with commercial (non-domestic) waste needs.

Commercial waste removal

Council operates a kerbside commercial waste removal and bulk recycling service for business sectors within the region including hospitality, accommodation, industrial and retail.

Business owners can apply for bulk waste removal for cardboard, co-mingled and general waste, as well as the regularity of collections (bi-weekly, weekly, fortnightly or monthly). 

Apply for commercial waste removal

Food and Organics (FOGO) kerbside waste service

FOGO and recycling services are less expensive than general waste (land fill) services. Over half the items disposed of in the general waste (landfill) bin could recycled or composted via the FOGO initiative. By signing up for Council’s kerbside Food and Organics (FOGO) and Recycling services you can:

• Save money in comparison to landfill costs
• Help to save water, energy, and resources by diverting more waste from landfill
• Reduce your the emissions of your business
• Promote your business as sustainable and ethical 

For further information contact Council on 6378 2850

Apply for a FOGO kerbside bin service for your business