The Problem With Community Garbage Cans in Suburban Areas

Before this debacle, how did the system work? Were there like communal garbage cans? That were permanently in the street 24-7? Or like, do you have like a hidden garbage area? Like, I don't understand what the situation was before. How does it work normally? Yes, you have the nice suburban solution to garbage, which is that you have your own bins and since property is bigger in suburbia, you have an actual place to store the bins. This is on public land and always visible. As far as it can go, it's fine. The trade-off of you have a place to put garbage is perfectly acceptable. And there used to be garbage pickup three