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Ridwell

The Ridwell integration allows users to track waste recycling pickups scheduled with Ridwell.

Configuration

To add the Ridwell service to your Home Assistant instance, use this My button:

Manual configuration steps

If the above My button doesn’t work, you can also perform the following steps manually:

Calendar

The calendar sensor contains a calendar state attribute, which contains:

  • The name of the Ridwell Calendar.
  • If the event is an all-day event (Boolean).
  • The start time of the calendar event. Starts at midnight.
  • The end time of the event. Ends at midnight.
  • The location of the event.
  • The description of the items being picked up.
  • Friendly name of the calendar event.

For example:

message: Ridwell Pickup (scheduled)
all_day: true
start_time: 2024-07-26 00:00:00
end_time: 2024-07-27 00:00:00
location: 
description: Pickup types: Light Bulbs (quantity: 1), Hand Tools (quantity: 1), Batteries (quantity: 1), Threads (quantity: 1), Plastic Film (quantity: 1)
friendly_name: Ridwell

Pickup types

The pickup sensor contains a pickup_types state attribute, which contains:

  • The items being picked up during this particular event
  • The category of each item
  • The quantity of each item

For example:

{
  "Latex Paint": {
    "category": "add_on",
    "quantity": 7
  },
  "Beyond the Bin": {
    "category": "add_on",
    "quantity": 2
  },
  "Fluorescent Light Tubes": {
    "category": "add_on",
    "quantity": 1
  },
  "Winter Coats and Jackets": {
    "category": "rotating",
    "quantity": 1
  },
  "Light Bulbs": {
    "category": "standard",
    "quantity": 1
  },
  "Batteries": {
    "category": "standard",
    "quantity": 1
  },
  "Threads": {
    "category": "standard",
    "quantity": 1
  },
  "Plastic Film": {
    "category": "standard",
    "quantity": 1
  }
}

Removing the integration

This integration follows standard integration removal steps.

Note

Removing this integration from Home Assistant will not end or disrupt your paid subscription.

Any pickups scheduled or modified by this integration will persist after removing the integration, and they can continue to be managed using the Ridwell site or app.

To remove an integration instance from Home Assistant

  1. Go to Settings > Devices & services and select the integration card.
  2. From the list of devices, select the integration instance you want to remove.
  3. Next to the entry, select the three dots menu. Then, select Delete.