Live stage#localgov#waste#postcode-lookup#reuse
Shared Bin Collection Day Finder
A postcode lookup that tells residents which bins go out on which day, built once for any council's waste data.
- Team
- 4 people
- Asked for by
- 6 organisations
- Last updated
- 2h ago
Stage 5 of 5: Live
The problem
Councils field thousands of calls a month asking “which bin is it this week?”. Every council builds its own lookup, usually as a PDF calendar nobody can find.
01 About this project
What it does
Residents enter a postcode, pick their address, and see their next collections with add to calendar links and bank-holiday changes.
How to reuse it
- Install the
localgov_waste_findermodule (a LocalGov Drupal sub-module) - Map your waste system's export to the CSV or JSON adapter
- Configure the bin types and colours in the admin UI
composer require localgovdrupal/localgov_waste_finder
drush en localgov_waste_finder -y
drush waste-finder:import /path/to/rounds.csv
Results so far
Brighton & Hove saw a 38% drop in bin-day phone calls in the first three months.
02 Who needs this
Every “we need this too” tells the team where their work will be reused. One stroke per organisation.
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Canadian Digital Service
- LT
Liam Tremblay 6mo ago
“Municipal partners in Ontario would use this.”
- LT
Government Digital Service
- BC
Ben Carter 6mo ago
“Happy to do a security review before wider rollout.”
- BC
General Services Administration
- DO
Daniel Ortiz 6mo ago
- DO
Digital Transformation Agency
- SN
Sophie Nguyen 6mo ago
“Keen to adapt it for Australian local government.”
- SN
Department of Internal Affairs
- TR
Tama Rangi 6mo ago
“Three NZ councils have asked about this already.”
- TR
Croydon Council
- AO
Aisha Okafor 6mo ago
“Croydon would switch tomorrow. Our current lookup is a 12-page PDF.”
- AO