Free UK Bin Day Reminders on Your iPhone
Get your council's bin collection schedule as an Apple Calendar subscription. Works on iPhone and iPad, free, one-time email, no app to install. 334 UK councils supported.
Get your UK bin schedule now
Enter your email and I'll send a one-time link that unlocks the bin lookup tool. Works the same on iPhone or iPad, your address is never stored on the server.
You'll also go on the Kepthouse iOS waitlist, one email when the iPhone app launches, nothing else.
This tool is for iPhone and iPad users
Kepthouse for Android has bin reminders built in, with push notifications, colour-coded bin types, and automatic bank-holiday handling. That's a better experience than a calendar subscription.
Install Kepthouse free, turn on bin reminders, done.
Open this page on your iPhone or iPad
This tool is designed for iPhone and iPad users. Open this page on your Apple device to use the free bin schedule lookup and Apple Calendar subscription.
If you're on Android, Kepthouse for Android has bin reminders built in. Scan to install:
Or search Kepthouse on Google Play.
Get your bin schedule
Enter your address and Kepthouse pulls your council's bin collection schedule. Your address is not stored, only used to look up your bins, and the calendar subscription URL contains a signed token (no plaintext address).
Pick your address
Your collections
Your council · next 12 collections
The subscription URL auto-refreshes daily. Your address is never stored on the server, it is encoded inside the calendar token. This will stop working when the Kepthouse iOS app launches, you'll get one email when that happens.
How this works
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Enter your email
You'll get a one-time unlock link that expires in 30 minutes.
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Click the link
Comes back to this page with the bin lookup tool unlocked.
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Find your bins
Enter postcode and house name or number. Takes 30 to 60 seconds while your council is queried.
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Subscribe in Apple Calendar
Tap "Subscribe in Apple Calendar". Bins appear as calendar events, refreshed daily.
What you get
- 334 UK councils supportedEngland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. If your council publishes a schedule, Kepthouse probably has it.
- Apple Calendar subscriptionEvents auto-refresh daily as your council updates its schedule.
- Bank holiday shifts picked upKepthouse checks every day and your calendar updates on its next refresh.
- Address never storedEncoded as a signed token in the calendar URL, never in a database.
- No app installIt's just a calendar subscription in the Calendar app you already have.
- Free until iOS app landsNo payment, no sign-up, no ads.
Questions
How does this work on iPhone?
Apple Calendar supports subscribing to remote calendar feeds (iCal / webcal). Kepthouse generates one of these feeds with your bin collection events, signs the URL so only you can use it, and Apple Calendar fetches it daily to stay current.
Do I need to install anything?
No. You use the Calendar app that came with your iPhone. The subscription is just a URL added to your calendar list.
How do I subscribe in Apple Calendar?
After you enter your address and pick your council, tap "Subscribe in Apple Calendar". iOS will confirm the subscription and add it to your calendar list. From then on it refreshes automatically.
What if my council changes the collection day for a bank holiday?
Kepthouse checks your council's schedule every day. Bank holiday shifts and route changes are picked up the next morning, and your calendar updates on its next refresh.
When will the Kepthouse iPhone app launch?
No public date yet, it's in active development. Everyone who signs up here gets a single email the moment it's live on the App Store.
Is this really free?
Yes. No payment, no trial, no locked features. It exists because I wanted a bin day reminder for my own iPhone while the native app is in development.
Does my address get stored anywhere?
No. Your address is encoded into the signed calendar URL and then discarded from the server. Each subscribed URL is unique to you, no database row holds your address.