Too funny about your every-other-week recycling, Harriet! It's the same here, and we occasionally have an inquiry on the Facebook group for the neighborhood about whether it's this week or was last week! Or M and I discreetly check with each other. The dneighbors to one side of me, tho, use two of the standard recycle bins, and I think they must believe it's a contest to get it out there earliest. As soon as the garbage can comes in on Wed the recycling goes out, so I can usually tell, unless they're out of town.
I have stalled out today on decluttering at all.