Terms of Service

Acceptance of these terms

By accessing or using Bin Night Tonight (binnighttonight.com), you agree to these terms of service. If you do not agree, please do not use the service. There are no user accounts; the terms apply to all visitors.

What we provide

BinNightTonight is a web application that helps Australian residents find out which bins to put out and when. The service queries public council waste management portals and presents the next scheduled pickup for a given address. We do not operate the underlying council services and are not affiliated with any council.

The service is free to use. Advertising may be shown to keep it free, and we may introduce optional premium features in the future. We will give reasonable notice of any significant changes to how the service is offered.

We do our best to keep schedules accurate and up to date, but we cannot guarantee the service will be available at all times or that every council's data will be current. See the Disclaimer section for more detail.

Acceptable use

You may use BinNightTonight for personal, non-commercial purposes. You must not use the service in a way that harms other users, interferes with the service's operation, or places excessive automated load on our systems or the council portals we query.

The following are not permitted:

• Using the service for any unlawful purpose or in any way that infringes someone else's rights
• Scraping, crawling, or systematically downloading data from the service without our written permission
• Using the service to build a competing product or to resell access to our data
• Submitting automated traffic, address lookup bots, or denial of service style request patterns
• Attempting to circumvent any access controls, rate limits, or security measures
• Submitting false or misleading information through any form on the service

We reserve the right to restrict or terminate access, including blocking IP addresses, networks, or user agents, for any user who breaches these terms or engages in abusive usage patterns.

Accounts and saved data

You do not need an account to look up your bin night. There is nothing to sign up for and no login required to use the service as it stands today.

Addresses you save are stored only in your browser's local storage on your own device. They are not transmitted to or held on our servers. Clearing your browser data removes them, and we have no way to recover them for you.

If we introduce optional accounts in the future, these terms will be updated first to explain how they work and what data they involve.

Pricing

Every feature of BinNightTonight is currently free, and no payment details are collected anywhere on the service.

If we ever introduce optional paid features, they will be clearly labelled, pricing will be shown in Australian dollars including GST where applicable, and these terms will be updated before anything is charged. Nothing that is free today will silently become paid.

Advertising

The service may be supported by advertisements served via Google AdSense and its advertising partners. The advertising network selects which ads to show; we don't endorse or vet individual advertisers.

If you encounter an ad that is misleading, malicious, or inappropriate, please let us know via the contact page and we will report it to the advertising network.

Reminders and notifications

BinNightTonight offers optional, opt-in bin day reminders: a push notification the evening before collection. They are off by default and only apply to an address you explicitly turn them on for.

Reminders are limited to messages about your bin schedule, such as a night-before reminder or an alert that your schedule has changed. We will not send marketing messages of any kind, and you can turn reminders off at any time in Settings, which deletes the stored address immediately. See the privacy policy for what turning a reminder on stores and why.

Accuracy of information

Bin collection schedules are sourced from public council waste management portals and, where a council has no live lookup, from the calendars and collection zones it publishes. We display this information as-is. We check some schedules by hand, and the results screen says when we have, but most are not independently verified and we cannot guarantee any of it is accurate, complete, or current at the time you access it.

Councils may change their schedules, alter portal formats, or take their systems offline without notice. When that happens, our data may be delayed or unavailable. Always check with your council directly if you are unsure.

Rely on this service as a helpful guide, not as a definitive source. Missing a bin night because of inaccurate data shown in this app is something we take seriously, but we cannot accept responsibility for it. See the Limitation of Liability section.

Your council's rules come first. Bin Night Tonight shows collection days and bin types, not every rule your council sets about what goes in each bin, how to present it, or exceptions for your property. Where we can, we link to your council's own waste page. That page is the authority, and if it differs from what we show, follow your council. You are responsible for checking your council's requirements.

Intellectual property

The BinNightTonight name, logo, and all original content, design, and code are owned by or licensed to BinNightTonight. Nothing in these terms transfers any intellectual property rights to you.

Bin schedule data is sourced from council websites and remains the property of the relevant councils. We make no claim of ownership over that data. The bin icons and lid colour conventions follow the Australian Standard for waste bins.

You may share links to the site freely. You may not reproduce, redistribute, or commercially exploit any part of this service without our written permission.

Third-party services

BinNightTonight retrieves data from council waste management portals that are operated by third parties. We also use third-party services for address geocoding and advertising. These services have their own terms and privacy policies.

We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, or conduct of any third-party service. Links or references to third-party websites are provided for convenience only.

If you follow a link to an external site, you do so at your own risk and under that site's terms.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by Australian law, BinNightTonight and its operators are not liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential loss arising from your use of or inability to use this service, including missed bin collections, council disputes, or service interruptions.

Our total liability to you for any claim arising out of these terms or your use of the service is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim, or AUD $10, whichever is greater.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any rights you may have under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited.

Changes to the service or these terms

We may change, suspend, or discontinue any part of the service at any time. We may also update these terms from time to time; when we make a material change, we will update the date at the top of this page.

Continuing to use the service after updated terms have been posted means you accept the revised terms. If you do not agree with a change, you should stop using the service.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. Any disputes will be resolved in the courts of Victoria. The service is intended for use by people physically located in Australia.

Contact

If you have a question or concern about these terms or the service, please get in touch via the contact page and we will do our best to help.

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