Klyd, i think there are different days for collection depending on which council you land under. It is always the councils in charge of the removal though, which is why we pay council tax(one of the reasons i would not pay anybody for special favours, i already pay).

Our collection used to be on a Monday but because Bank Holidays fall on a Monday and the council did not want to pay their surly fellows double time(austerity measures) they changed the collection to a Thursday. That is every week. The recycling gets collected every 2 weeks on a Thursday, and the garden waste every 2 weeks on a Saturday.

I have more bins in my garden than the council yard!!!