junking
n.— «Vendors who scavenge for collectibles often refer to the practice as "junking" or even Dumpster diving.» —“Artist and entrepreneur, Curtis Steiner shows us the value of objects ordinary or odd” by Tyrone Beason Seattle Times (Washington) Dec. 21, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
When a musician is woodshedding a passage of music, they’re trying to master that part by repeatedly practicing it in private, as if having retreated to do so in a woodshed, away from others who might be bothered by it. This is part of a...
In 1971, when a new public library opened in Troy, Michigan, famous authors and artists were invited to write letters to the city’s youngest readers, extolling the many benefits of libraries. One of the loveliest was from E.B. White, author of...