The council should collect non-recyclable rubbish every week, imho, but residents also have a responsibility to bag things up, to minimise the possiblility of vermin getting binned foodstuffs - the excuse of "
you cannot buy decent ones" does not wash, imo.
For example
Link1 or
Link2 , which I have seen for sale in local supermarkets; if we throw out excess food waste, we should bag it securely.
Just because the councils are acting inappropriately, doesn't mean we should.