One man's rubbish is another man's gold.

As a bit of a garage sale purveyor from way back I love finding bargains and hitting the op shops in search of hidden treasure.

It occurred to me that in the city I used to live in, we occasionally had an inorganic throw out.

It was a huge success with lots of people scoring other peoples' unwanted stuff.

It cleared out garages and created a huge amount of recyclable metal, glass and other materials.

And more importantly, it gave people lots of lovely room to indulge even more in capitalist activity stimulating the local economy.

So how about it powers that be?

I'd love to hear some feedback from our local officials on this one.

P Knights Mount Maunganui.