FOGO waste authority dissolved after environmental breaches cost ratepayers millions
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The waste authority responsible for the failure of South West WA's FOGO waste system is being dissolved after repeated environmental breaches cost ratepayers millions of dollars.
Two Western Australian councils have reached an in-principle agreement to dissolve a joint waste authority with a troubled history of environmental breaches.
Compliance issues at waste facilities have cost ratepayers millions of dollars in remediation.
The future of staff, management and operations at the waste authority is yet to be determined.
The troubled regional waste authority responsible for the collapse of Western Australia's first food organics and garden organics (FOGO) system is being dissolved.
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