CouncilBins VIC · Australia

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Share your kerbside schedule once. Residents get FOGO, recycling and waste nights in one free Australia-wide app — including people who move into your LGA.

Prefer email? Send a CSV, GeoJSON, ArcGIS link or existing open-data URL to hello@councilbins.com. Partial data is fine — we would rather show zone choices than invent a single “suburb day”.

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Zone or property — not “one day per suburb”

Many suburbs have two or three bin days by route. Our model is zone-first or property-level. Suburb is only a search hint.

What to send

Pick whatever you already maintain. You can send more than one file.

Format Best when… Accuracy
A. Zones + streams CSV Named routes with day + frequency Good if every address maps to one zone
B. Zones + streets CSV Multi-day suburbs by street ranges Better without full GIS
C. Zone polygons You have collection-area GIS Best for map pin lookup
D. Property CSV / open data CRM or contractor file per address Gold standard (e.g. Brisbane, Logan, Ballarat)
Example A Example B Example D
Format A — zone schedule columns

One row = one zone + one bin stream. The same suburb may appear on many zones.

ColumnRequiredNotes
zone_nameYesUnique route/area name
streamYeswaste, recycling, fogo, glass
frequencyYesweekly, fortnightly, four_weekly, monthly
day_of_weekYesMonday–Sunday
anchor_dateNon-weeklyYYYY-MM-DD for fortnight anchors
suburb / postcodeOptionalSearch hints — repeat for multi-day suburbs

Example — Altona with three collection days:

zone_name,suburb,postcode,stream,frequency,day_of_week,anchor_date,notes
Altona Monday Area 1,Altona,3018,waste,weekly,Monday,,Same suburb can appear on multiple zones
Altona Monday Area 1,Altona,3018,recycling,fortnightly,Monday,2026-01-06,Yellow lid
Altona Monday Area 1,Altona,3018,fogo,fortnightly,Monday,2026-01-13,Green lid — alternate week
Altona Wednesday Area 1,Altona,3018,waste,weekly,Wednesday,,Different day, same suburb (Hobsons Bay style)
Altona Wednesday Area 1,Altona,3018,recycling,fortnightly,Wednesday,2026-01-08,
Altona Wednesday Area 1,Altona,3018,fogo,fortnightly,Wednesday,2026-01-15,
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona,3018,waste,weekly,Friday,,Third day within Altona
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona,3018,recycling,fortnightly,Friday,2026-01-10,
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona,3018,fogo,fortnightly,Friday,2026-01-17,
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona Meadows,3028,waste,weekly,Friday,,Zone can also cover a second suburb
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona Meadows,3028,recycling,fortnightly,Friday,2026-01-10,
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona Meadows,3028,fogo,fortnightly,Friday,2026-01-17,
Williamstown Tuesday Area 1,Williamstown,3016,waste,weekly,Tuesday,,
Williamstown Tuesday Area 1,Williamstown,3016,recycling,fortnightly,Tuesday,2026-01-07,
Williamstown Tuesday Area 1,Williamstown,3016,fogo,fortnightly,Tuesday,2026-01-14,
Format B — street ranges

Pair with Format A when a suburb has several days.

zone_name,suburb,postcode,street_name,street_number_from,street_number_to,side,notes
Altona Monday Area 1,Altona,3018,Pier Street,1,199,both,Example only — use real ranges from your GIS
Altona Monday Area 1,Altona,3018,Queen Street,2,80,even,
Altona Wednesday Area 1,Altona,3018,Queen Street,1,79,odd,Same street can split by side or number range
Altona Wednesday Area 1,Altona,3018,Sargood Street,,,both,Whole street in this zone
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona,3018,Civic Parade,100,250,both,
Altona Friday Area 2,Altona Meadows,3028,Central Avenue,,,both,
Williamstown Tuesday Area 1,Williamstown,3016,Nelson Place,1,120,both,
Format C — GIS polygons

Collection-area polygons with day / interval fields (Open Council Data style: rub_day, rec_day, grn_day, weeks, start dates). We resolve an address to a single zone even when the suburb has many days.

Format D — property-level

One row per address — day and/or next pickup dates. Highest accuracy.

address_line,suburb,postcode,zone_name,collection_day,next_waste,next_recycling,next_fogo,next_glass,notes
12 Pier Street,Altona,3018,Altona Monday Area 1,Monday,2026-07-21,2026-07-21,2026-07-28,,Property-level is best when available
14 Pier Street,Altona,3018,Altona Monday Area 1,Monday,2026-07-21,2026-07-21,2026-07-28,,
5 Queen Street,Altona,3018,Altona Wednesday Area 1,Wednesday,2026-07-23,2026-07-23,2026-07-30,,Same suburb, different day
8 Queen Street,Altona,3018,Altona Wednesday Area 1,Wednesday,2026-07-23,2026-07-23,2026-07-30,,
150 Civic Parade,Altona,3018,Altona Friday Area 2,Friday,2026-07-25,2026-07-25,2026-08-01,,
20 Nelson Place,Williamstown,3016,Williamstown Tuesday Area 1,Tuesday,2026-07-22,2026-07-22,2026-07-29,,

How residents use it

  1. Search street + suburb (or postcode).
  2. We pin a zone or property when open data allows; otherwise we show clear choices.
  3. Next pickup is always for the zone or property — never “one day for the whole suburb”.

What you get

  • Attribution of your council on CouncilBins
  • One resident experience across LGAs (fewer “which PDF?” calls)
  • You keep ownership — send updates when routes change
  • We re-import feeds; no app-store release cycle for data

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