Results: Plogging

Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter (Swedish: plocka upp). It started as an organized activity in Sweden around 2016 and spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running, hiking, or walking. Are you familiar with (or have heard of) plogging?

Author David Sedaris combines litter picking with exercise in the Parham, Coldwaltham and Storrington districts of West Sussex, taking up to 60,000 steps a day in pursuit of local rubbish. He was so effective in keeping his neighborhood clean that the local authority named a waste vehicle in his honor. The Lord Lieutenant of West Sussex, Susan Pyper, said "The sign on this truck is a very fitting way to say a huge 'thank you' to David for his tireless efforts ... he is a real local hero." Erik Ahlström started plogging in the Swedish capital city, Stockholm, when he moved there from the Åre ski resort. He created the website Plogga to organize the activity and encourage volunteers. Have you ever been plogging in the area where you live?

The Keep America Beautiful organization is now promoting plogging to its affiliates and has found that some already combined exercise with clean up, such as the Trashercize program in Tennessee. In New York, a Meetup group, Plogging NYC, had about 100 members in 2018, with events in four boroughs. In Indianapolis in 2018, a Summer of Plogging was organized by the November Project and the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful. A non-profit initiative called Go Plog! has collected 16 Tonnes of dry waste in Kolar through plogging. They organize an event every month. Students to high ranking officials of the local administration participate and spread the awareness of plastic-free world. There is also another group in Oakland, CA, called Fit4Good that aims to pick up trash around Lake Merritt each week. Do you think plogging will become the new excercise trend for 2019?

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