Our household waste gets collected weekly which is fine.. But garden waste and recyclable is collected on alternate weeks...Which isnt so good because along my street alone there is hardly ever any garden waste, maybe a small amount in spring when people start to tidy their garden.. This could easily be done monthly.. But recylcable items is a different matter we only have a
Small Blue box (they wont take any that is put in bags).. This box is filled up with in a week when recycling is done properly ( and only 2 adults in our house ) so a family would fill it even quicker....But it is only colllected once a fortnight,, This doesn't encourage people to recycle as they are small terrace houses with limited space to store recyclable items..Also all Household and Recyclable waste has to be brought right through the house to put it out of the front of the houses...which is a chore in its self!!