A FIFE resident who has created bin collection apps for several areas is now planning to make one for Clackmannanshire.
Paul Fraser from Dunfermline launched a Fife Bins app in June to check when bins were scheduled to go out, as he was annoyed at the amount of steps involved via the Fife Council website.
He contacted Fife Council with an FOI to collect all the data he required, before going on to create his app.
As a web developer, Paul is used to creating things on the internet and used his skills in this area to create the app.
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“The data that you get from Fife Council it’s not in a readable format, it has addresses and then there’s what kind of bin it is.
“I take all the data that Fife Council gave me I put it into ChatGPT to help me decipher what it means.” He added.
To use the app, people simply enter their postcode, select their address, and view their personalised bin collection calendar.
Paul has also created apps for Stirling, North Ayrshire, and Edinburgh, with plans to do one for Clackmannanshire next.
He added: “I have got the data for near enough every council in Scotland, so I am working on collections just now and I have got some other ones as well.”
His current apps have proved popular with the Fife app now having over 3000 users, while the Edinburgh app has around 1500 people using it.
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