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My bin schedule is slightly complicated by it cycling between different recycling bins every 3 weeks. I think I'd need a bigger clock.

Currently I have 3 recurring events in my calendar that remind me the night before.

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You could possibly fix this mechanically using three 7-day clocks (and wheels) and a mechanism that switches which one is being powered whenever a wheel reaches a certain point. But at that point I might be more tempted to reach for a microcontroller of some description!

You can also just attach a 3:1 gear.

I live right at a street corner, so even if I were to forget that tomorrow is bin-day, I can hear neighbours rolling theirs out in any case, and the lid colour tells me which bin it is. I rarely forget though; I just put up the paper year calendar for bin days we get end of December near the door.

Interesting - I’d have thought that most of the world would’ve moved to digital by now.

Here in Germany, you can get the whole year as .ics to import into your calendar, works for most cities… usually, there are different schedules per street/neighborhood, so that’s really convenient!

That’s true for a lot of cities. I have this in Cupertino, and used to have it in Mountain View.

Most people just don’t seem to check their website.

The dates are available digitally too of course, but that's just not as convenient as having them all on a calendar by the backdoor.

My council do have it online as well but, unfortunately, but in an .ics/ical format.

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