In article , Bob Martin wrote:
In Germany (at least, when I was living there in the early 80s) they had
a monthly "big rubbish day" when people put out beds, fridges, etc.
A key feature of the scheme was that people would wander round and take
whatever they fancied. The council picked up the rest.

(thinks, why does the UK never take up bright ideas from elsewhere?)

20 years back the London Borough of Sutton used to put out community skips
in each road once or twice a year for people to get rid of big stuff. I
don't know whether they still do it. Arguably it's less necessary now that
most people have cars and can take stuff to their local tip.

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