The council’s voluntary Food Organics and Garden Organics kerbside collection service launched in August.

To date, 2140 registrations for the new service have been lodged – ahead of the council’s expectations of 1800 registrations in the first month.

City of Launceston acting general manager, Michael Tidey, said the program was on-track to rollout the bins later this month.

Kerbside collections are expected to begin in mid-October and rotate with recycling collection.

"We're delighted with the take-up so far of the new FOGO service, which is available to residents in the urban areas of Launceston and Lilydale for a one-off fee of $65,” he said.

About half of the average Launceston household’s waste consists of food and garden organics.

People who sign-up for the green bin service will receive a kitchen caddy, a 240-litre green wheelie bin and instructions for what can be placed in the bin and what can not.

The council has budgeted $500,000 for the establishment of an organics waste processing facility at the Launceston Waste Centre and $200,000 each year for the ongoing kerbside collection service.

Mr Tidey said a reduction in waste would see an annual saving of $245,500 – offsetting the ongoing cost of the service.

"At an optimum operational level, the FOGO collection service will extend the life of landfill cells at the Launceston Waste Centre by an additional four years,” he said. 

“If we don't focus on diverting recyclable and reusable materials away from landfill, we will need to build more landfill cells, a cost which will be borne by residents.”

Mr Tidey said the council had established the Uptipity re-use shop, constructed the Launceston Recycling Centre and was now establishing an organics processing facility.

Anyone interested in registering for the service or for more information should visit launceston.tas.gov.au.