Binzone 4+

This app just presents a white screen with an occasional rotating wheel. I suspect it’s trying to pull data from South Oxfordshire & Vale’s dreadfully-performing waste collection websites, or more accurately the slow back-end services providing data for the websites and app (the app is essentially just a wrapper for web-enabled services) You’ve got to maintain this stuff if you make it, but too many projects like this are publish-and-forget. SODC/Vale would be better just to shut down the app if they’re not interested in maintenance, both to save themselves further embarrassment and stop wasting taxpayer money.

The app although basic is very useful reminding you which collection is due and also you can search the item/s you wish to dispose of and it will inform you if you can put these items out for normal collections. However, it remains to be seen if it will eventually be updated to advise of a change of collection day or delays due to breakdowns and bad weather and have an option to report missed bin collections as these would be extremely useful additions to an App which has great potential.

I tried using this app instead of the website and it simply doesn’t work. As soon as you try to enter your postcode to find your collections you’re presented with an error page which you cannot get out of. Resetting your device or reinstalling the app doesn’t solve the problem either. Don’t waste your time (pun intended!)