On 07 Jan 2019, rbowman wrote in
alt.home.repair:

Do they touch the barrel? Around here the trucks have articulated
arms that pick the containers up and dump them. Comes out, doesn't
come out, they don't know or care. Set it back down and drive on
to the next one.

Trash is still picked up here by a guy with his own two hands, which is
why I think he intentionally left the stuff in the barrel, for whatever
reason. The recycle bin is picked up every two weeks by one of those
trucks-with-arms.