I inherited my bins... plus the rubbish in them. Council (contractors) are pretty good with collections though.

I too hate having to push past dirty vehicles covering half of the footpath. If I see somebody parking that way I'll have a word with them.

If you don't want them on the path outside your house, perhaps leave broken glass and old nails there.
Probably a year before the council come round sweeping up.

They also now seem to practce the obvious false economy of not killing grass and weeds which grow up through road and pavement edges, causing extensive damage.