The trial will begin this October in select areas of Thomastown, Lalor, Mernda, Doreen and Mill Park and be rolled out across the remainder of the City of Whittlesea by March next year.
Currently green waste bins can only include grass clippings, leaves, small branches, common garden weeds and flowers. But the new service will see residents able to put their food waste into the green bins also.
The food waste collection will play an important role in supporting residents to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.
Council is still working on long-term solutions to the current recycling situation, since the closure of SKM.
But the food waste program will aid in reducing the amount of waste going to landfill.
In the City of Whittlesea, more than 40 per cent of the weight in an average garbage bin is food waste.
Food waste collected in the garden bins during the trial would be composted which council would then be able to reuse in local parks and open spaces.
Residents in selected trial areas will have already received a kitchen caddy, compostable bin liners and an information kit.
