Automation help - notify the night before condition trigger question

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Hey all,
I have 2 sensors that tell me if the bins/recycling are due “tomorrow”
when this happens, i want a notification to remind me at 9pm the day it changes to “tomorrow”.

Question1: have i got the logic the correct way around? or should i trigger on the state and condition on the time? or doesn’t it matter?

question2; how do i dynamically have the notification tell me which condition kicked in? eg. is it “bin” or “recycling”

- alias: warn night before bins go out
  id: warn_night_before_bins_go_out
  trigger:
    platform: time
    at: '21:00:00'
  condition:
    - condition: or
      conditions:
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.recycling_bin_in_days
        state: "Tomorrow"
      - condition: state
        entity_id: sensor.refuse_bin_in_days
        state: "Tomorrow"
  action:
  - service: persistent_notification.create
    data_template:
      message: Bin test 3
      title: Bin Test 3
  - service: notify.notify
    data_template:
      message: Bin test 3
      title: Bin test 3
  - service: notify.alexa_media
    data_template:
      message: Bins are due tomorrow
      data:
        type: announce
        method: speak
      target: media_player.echo_show2_jamie_office
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The trigger and conditions look fine to me.

you can use the “choose:” action option to select the message to be sent based on which condition is true.

you might be able to template it but it will be easier to just use “choose:”.

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