What's with the garbage collection

I'm used to having garbage picked up once a week. You get the banging and clanging the same time every week.

I don't know what it is but they go around with big garbage trucks down these narrow streets every day picking up rubbage. I did notice on Friday that people put there rubbish out on the curb but the garbage trucks still come every morning.

We have recycling bins down the street at the park but I've never seen them stop there to clear them out. They do get cleared out so it must happen during the day when I'm at work.