In my town you have two choices for trash. Pay a fee to use town run transfer station, open three days a week at last check, with numbers rules on disposal. You have to separate, clear from colored glass, cardboard from paper, etc.
Or, you can pay a private company to do weekly curbside pickup. They proved two rolling bins picked up my a mechanical arm on the truck, one for trash for for recycling, no sorting of glass, paper cardboard and plastic required.
The town charges around $45 for the permit, plus extra fees for even a small piece of carpet or even a few pieces of old 2x4. The private form charges less than $3/week, with very few restrictions (i.e no refrigerators, etc). If you have a few 2x4 scraps in you trash bin, they don’t care. If you don’t recycle, they don’t care. Guess which one I use.
If for some reason they cant pick up your route (say a breakdown) until late, they will either call or if you call, they will be able to tell you in a second, usually no holds or transfers. If a major storm causes issues for a wide area, they keep their website up to date with instructions on what to do.
Why are people so naive.....Just find a dumpster and pitch it. I collected enough 15 cent bottles to cover it.