Irvine's first 'Jumble Trail' turned trash into treasures as the savvy Irvine Clean Up Crew upcycled unloved items left scattered on the beach.
Harbour Street resident Veronika Liebschernika was sick at the thought of her unwanted items going to landfill and came up with the American-style jumble trail which took place on Sunday.
She told Ayrshire Live: "The reason why I decided to do this is because we consume far too much and put it in the bin. I've been to the dump myself a few times lately and I'm horrified at what people throw away that really could be reused.
"At the moment, it's a particular problem because a lot of charity shops aren't taking much in and I'm very keen we stop wasting the planet's resources.
"It was a personal mission for me and my partner so we didn't contribute to the throw away culture."
Irvine Clean Up Crew was one of the stall holders and sold all of the items they've found left on the beach back to the community.
Sandra Cuthbertson Hughes, chair of Irvine Clean Up Crew, said: "It was fabulous and a great turnout. We're still totalling up the money but we're really pleased with what we got.
"It was less about the money and more about upcycling and making sure things weren't sent to landfill.
"We were selling towels we collected off the beach and were laundered for £1 – which covered the cost of getting them laundered – but it stopped them going to landfill. We pick up around 20 towels a day.
"We found Under Armour tops and a Berghaus jacket on the beach which we sold at the jumble trail.
"Kids were buying toys. We found five for £1 and were delighted.
"Upcycling is so important because if everybody threw away everything they no longer needed there would be no room and we'd be living in landfill.
"We have found loads of things left on the beach like floats and even a dingy.
"The money we raised is going to help buy special scoops so we can sift glass out of the sand."
Organiser Veronika is hoping more people will set up their own jumble trail.
She added: "It's like an American garage sale; set up a stall on your property and neighbours can do the same. I did get in touch with the police and the council to make sure we weren't doing anything that wasn't allowed and keep everyone Covid safe but they were really helpful.
"It was a great day, absolutely manic and loads of people turned out. There were 14 stalls I knew about and some stalls helped raise money for charities.
"I know one stall raised money for Cancer Research and the Irvine Clean Up Crew also had their own stall.
"And some people decided to donate their takings to their charity of choice.
"People have been asking me when the next one is going to be but I'm encouraging everyone to set up their own jumble trails. The best advice I can give is print off some posters and get advertising and have confidence people will come along."
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