Often I go to harvest jute and there is only a worm (worms sell for 30g a piece) or I open a chest and find only the unwanted items or I harvest a rune node and find someone else's unwanted runes. I typically take all the items and throw away the trash and keep the goodies so the item respawns. But now I am wondering do I need to clean up after other people. Do the resources, nodes, chests, etc. respawn just as quickly if they are only partially looted? I would love to know.
I thought it might be good manners to fully loot chests, etc. and take out the garbage. But I am only assuming. I would like to give those coming behind me the best chances to get a resource or chest.