Puerto rico . I always find the garbage system in the continental usa interesting . Everyone uses the same trashcans and a truck picks them up and dumps them automatically . here , everyone has different style trashcans big , round , square , with wheels , without wheels , nothing standard . Like mine go under ground , so i lift them out on the garbage days and put them outside . Any loose stuff like extra bags , cardboard boxes , ect gets put on the side . The guys walks up and hauls it to the truck . Then for big stuff tvs , lamps , trees , chairs they get picked up by a different garbage crew , they use a normal pick up truck , no hydraulic crusher . Since its such a personal thing , most houses give xmas presents to the trash crew . I usually give $ 40 QuestionIs your trash picked up by a private company ?