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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Oct 22.
Published in final edited form as: Sustainability. 2022 Aug 30;14(17):10821. doi: 10.3390/su141710821

Table 7. Proposed Intervention Logic Model.

Barrier/Enabler
(THF Domain)
Intervention Type(s) Selected BCTs (See [45]
for Descriptions and
Numbering System)
BCT Operationalisation Policy Option(s)
  • Beliefs about benefits of repair and repurpose (beliefs about consequences)

  • Attachment to clothing (emotion)

  • Education

  • Persuasion

5.3 Information about social and environmental consequences
5.2 Salience of consequences
  • Explain environmental, economic, and emotional benefits of repairing and repurposing clothes (less waste, money saved, increased value)

  • Present images of consequences (e.g., textile waste) to highlight environmental threat and create negative feelings about buying new and disposing clothes

  • Communication/-marketing

•Incongruence with identity (identity) •Persuasion 13.5 Identity associated with behaviour change •Advise to construct a new identity as a sustainable and responsible citizen •Communication/
-marketing
  • Dynamic norms (social influences)

  • Attitudes towards repair and repurpose (beliefs about consequences)

  • Persuasion

6.3 Information about others’ approval 9.1 Credible source
  • Present images showing citizens repairing and repurposing in different settings (home, in the park with friends, on public transport)

  • Present videos or images of role models explaining benefits of repair and repurpose

  • Communication/-marketing

  • Lack of skills (skills)

  • Dynamic norms (social influences)

  • Routine of repair and repurpose (reinforcement)

  • Ability to focus (memory, attention, and decision processes)

  • Training

  • Modelling

  • 6.1 Demonstration of the behaviour

  • 4.1 Instruction on how to perform the behaviour

  • 8.2 Behavioural practice/rehearsal

  • Use a fashion influencer to demonstrate how to repair and repurpose various clothing items via video tutorials and free workshops

  • Provide online guides advising on how to perform repair and repurpose tasks

  • Prompt citizens to practice their skills whenever they have damaged, poorly fitting, or unwanted clothes

  • Communication/-marketing

  • Service provision

  • Lack of access to resources, poor product design, lack of time, unaffordable professional services, competing behaviours (environmental context and resources)

  • Environmental restructuring

  • Enablement

12.5 Adding objects to the environment
12.1 Restructuring the physical environment
  • Place free repair kits at store counters

  • Add labels to clothing to indicate durability and repairability

  • Provide free repair and repurpose services in retail stores

  • Create free and accessible repair cafes or community workshops

  • Service provision

  • Regulation

  • Fiscal measures