This should be a national holiday.
Last Saturday past a tradition in Nelson (and possibly elsewhere, I've only seen it here) - "Trash 2 Treasure" - wherein people pile their unused, unwanted merchandise out on the curb for others to rummage through and help themselves.
I'm beside myself with delight, it's like going garage saling, only everything is free. Free, free, free, that's the price for me. Especially now, with a budget that enforces sobriety and very limited smoking...
Every couple of blocks a curb filled with the cast-offs, there are "dealers" - people quickly driving from one to the next and grabbing what they think they can sell, but most of it is in the "kind of neighborly way".
A few hours, a few things, camera lens, other irrelevant treasures, but I'm wary of collecting, I already have too much stuff as it is. Those people not participating in Trash and Treasure often have problems with people coming into their yards and appropriating things that clearly weren't meant to be "donated" or taken, but all in all it's a community success...