24/02/2020
To combat plastic pollution, many people, from artists, inventors, entrepreneurs, and everyday citizens are coming up with creative solutions.
Now, there is a new invention out of Sweden called “plogging” that adds to the growing list of creative ways to help solve our plastic problem. A combination of jogging and plocka upp, Swedish for “to pick up,” plogging entails jogging and quickly stopping to pick up trash while you go. The trend first came about around 2016 and in recent months has gained serious interest.
Most ploggers bring gloves and a trash bag, and as they see litter while jogging, they simply pick it up. If you’re not much of a jogger, that’s okay! The idea with plogging is that you are doing some sort of exercise while helping clean up litter. You can walk, you can jog, you can bring your dog, you can go as a group, whatever you would like!
