How Garage Sale Trails help co-production of positive environmental and social behaviours in local communities

Objectives

Set within the context of current environmental and social issues in the UK, including unsustainable levels of waste sent to landfill (WRAP, 2015) and social segregation (Watts, 2008), the UK pilot sought to establish if Garage Sale Trail works as a community engagement tool that co-produces publicly desirable outcomes with participating local councils and local communities.

Specifically, Garage Sale Trail UK aims to drive social and environmental change through:

• Changing consumption patterns by dramatically increasing the number of unwanted goods that are sold locally
• Promoting reuse and reducing waste to landfill
• Enabling new neighbourly connections
• Providing a platform for fundraising
• Inspiring creativity
• Stimulating local economies