We were supposed to get those types of trucks years ago, for both trash and recycle. Got the bins, never got the trucks. There was some kind of corruption and political crap involved, and the county executive of that era, Jack Johnson, is now in jail. He was (in)famous enough to have his own Wikipedia entry.
I recently moved to a new county, but they have the same types of trash/recycle here, too. However, it's just the regular trucks that come by, with two guys hanging on the back, and they get both sides of the street done at once.
Back in the old county, one thing they did to cut costs was to have trash service reduced to one day per week. It had been twice: Tuesdays and Fridays. It was cut to Friday, but then a bit later they moved it to Wednesday, which is the same day the recycle truck comes through.
At the new county, it's one day per week, on Friday, for both trash and recycle. As for containers, I've always kept them outside, at both houses. Right outside the side door at the old house, and right outside the back door at the new place.