Join forces with fellow residents and become part of The Buy Nothing Project. This hyper-local community of gift economies is where you can get your Oprah on and give away your books, CDs and DVDs to nearby neighbours. Generosity and gratitude lives here.

Treat yo’ shelf! Give your good books, CDs and DVDs a new chapter in life. Donate your darlings at your local Vinnies, Salvos and Red Cross charity stores or bins and they’ll sell them to raise funds to support local services for vulnerable people experiencing hardship.

Once you start searching for worthy homes for your wares you uncover all sorts of crowds. Join Freecycle and experience the joy of giving away your stuff for free, freely. Find locals who share your thing for Cats the movie, Maroon 5 and Mark Manson.

Look out for teeny tiny wooden homes (bird-house style) perched across the streets of Sydney. Here you can place your well-loved fiction and non-fiction books for your community to share and enjoy. No dewey decimal system experience needed.

The bee’s knees is to find a second life for your CDs and DVDs. But for all those well-worn, scratched discs, bin them at your local Officeworks who’ll give them a spin in their recycling scheme. You’ll save the environment from nasties which is music to all our ears!