This reminded me of when I was a kid. The town I lived in had two separate pickups each week -- there was a regular trash pickup (my dad put the barrels out on the sidewalk for them). Then, there was the backyard (in-ground metal barrel, with a handle to lift it out) that the workers would go on property to get, and then dump out the contents into the garbage truck. I think that service stopped when I was a teen.
Now, I assume in most communities around here, people just have one pickup of trash, but that includes garbage in the same barrels as the trash. None of this is under any private service -- it's just included in property taxes. (Since we only rent, I'm just guessing that's how it's billed, to the property owners.)
By the way, the only outdoor burning I recall as a kid, was in the fall when people burned leaves out in the street. After years of that, the town put a stop to that -- not because of the pollution, either. Rather, it was because when people across the street from one another burned big piles of leaves, the smoke could get so thick, that it would blind drivers. (There were a few car accidents due to this, so burning was banned.)
