The City of Stirling will go ahead with a three-month trial of FOGO bins in Coolbinia, despite mayor Mark Irwin initially voting against it during a council committee meeting last week.

At the city’s council meeting on Tuesday night, the recommendation was carried without discussion to trial a Food Organics, Garden Organics three-bin system which includes a new 240L lime-green lidded bin, which will be collected weekly, and a 120L red general waste bin, collected fortnightly.

The city’s Community and Resource Committee met on Tuesday last week to discuss a potential three-month trial and what options they had to undertake the trial. The vote was split 4-4.

Voting for the recommendation were councillors Andrea Creado, Joe Ferrante, Karlo Perkov and Lia Thornton, while councillors Tony

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