Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Grant amount depends on the number and type of households and type of service change.
- Application opened: 26 September 2025
- Application closed: 18 November 2025, 4:00 pm
Program objective
The objectives of the Go FOGO grants are to:
- support the effective rollout of weekly FOGO (or FO) services to 500,000 households that have no organics service
- support the effective rollout of weekly FOGO (or FO) services to 1,500,000 households that have a garden-only waste service
- provide additional support to councils with a significant number of multi-unit dwellings (MUDs) to deliver additional tailored communication to these properties.
This program is administered by Environment Protection Authority.
This program is administered by Environment Protection Authority.
Eligibility
Who can apply
NSW councils and other local government-controlled organisations.
Types of projects funded under this grant
All NSW councils and other local government-controlled organisations are eligible to apply for funding to roll out new weekly FOGO or FO service to households that do not currently have a service. The service must be active within three years of the grant application approval.
The funding is only available for the provision of a weekly service. A weekly service is a requirement under the legislation. It delivers the highest performance efficiency, greater emission reductions from landfill and better dollar per tonne outcomes.
The funding is only available to NSW councils as they have the statutory function of providing waste services to households.
Councils who have previously received funding under the Waste Less Recycle More Organics Collections grants or Go FOGO are eligible to apply again for Go FOGO funding to provide a weekly FOGO or FO service to households not covered by the previous funding. Councils with a large proportion of MUDs may also reapply to receive an additional $50,000 MUD payment, introduced in 2025.
What your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
Please refer to the Grant Guidelines on the EPA website for more information.
The EPA Organics Unit is available to help applicants with their application. Please email us on organics.grants@epa.nsw.gov.au for assistance.
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSW EPA Chief Executive Officer
Applications will undergo an eligibility check before being reviewed by an independent Technical Review Committee (TRC).
The TRC will also assess whether the project should be awarded the additional MUD funding.
Successful applications will be decided by: EPA Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Following the assessment and approval process, successful applicants are expected to be notified early 2026.
Support and contact
organics.grants@epa.nsw.gov.au