I grew up in New Haven. Back in the 1950s and early 60s each house had a concrete liner in the ground with a removable waste pail for food garbage (it had a step on lid to open). The city put contract out to bid with pig farmers who bought and collected the food waste weekly.
By the mid 1960s most homes had garbage disposals so the program was discontinued….no farmers bid as the amount of waste had fallen to far to make collection economically feasible.
My current town collects leaves in the fall. Yard waste cannot be left for the garbagemen, either mulch it back into the lawn or bag it and take it to the transfer station yourself