In 2024, the Ministry commissioned research to better understand the use of Food and garden organics (FOGO) collections. The aim of this research was to address key information gaps including the lack of good quality data on the amount of food scraps collected in FOGO kerbside collections, and an understanding of people’s attitudes and behaviour in relation to such collections.
This summary report presents an overview of the key research findings.
Further detail on both the quantitative (bin audit) and qualitative (short-form survey and focus group) findings are provided in the reports linked below:
In 2024, the Ministry commissioned research to better understand the use of Food and garden organics (FOGO) collections. The aim of this research was to address key information gaps including the lack of good quality data on the amount of food scraps collected in FOGO kerbside collections, and an understanding of people’s attitudes and behaviour in relation to such collections.
This summary report presents an overview of the key research findings.
Further detail on both the quantitative (bin audit) and qualitative (short-form survey and focus group) findings are provided in the reports linked below: