In January 2022, there was a major release to the Garbage Collection Home Assistant custom integration. It allows for changing the calculated schedule by automation triggered on each entity update.

So here is how it works. How to use it, where to get the automation blueprints and how to install them.

As well as why I did it and what is coming up next.

Enjoy
00:00 - Start
02:23 - How it works and where to find it
04:13 - Testing
04:48 - Importing Automation Blueprint for offset
05:10 - Creating automation
05:33 - Enabling manual update (IMPORTANT)
05:58 - Result
06:08 - How it works (Home Assistant Automation debugging)
07:56 - Holidays integration
09:20 - Configuring US Holidays
10:14 - Installing Holidays in week blueprint
10:38 - Create automation for Holiday in week
11:09 - Holiday in the week result
12:05 - Automatic migration from configuration.yaml to ConfigFlow
14:12 - Removing garbage_collection from configuration.yaml
14:54 - Obsolete parameters in March release
16:06 - You can contribute

Garbage Collection: https://github.com/bruxy70/Garbage-Collection
Holidays: https://github.com/bruxy70/Holidays