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Plogging is a combination of
jogging Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to increase physical fitness with less stress on the body than from faster running but more than walking, or to maintain a steady speed for longer periods ...
with picking up
litter Litter consists of waste products that have been discarded incorrectly, without consent, at an unsuitable location. Litter can also be used as a verb; to litter means to drop and leave objects, often man-made, such as aluminum cans, paper cups, ...
(merging the Swedish verbs (pick up) and (jog) gives the new Swedish verb , from which the word plogging derives). It started as an organized activity in
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
around 2016 and spread to other countries in 2018, following increased concern about
plastic pollution Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth's environment that adversely affects humans, wildlife and their habitat. Plastics that act as pollutants are catego ...
. As a workout, it provides variation in body movements by adding bending, squatting and stretching to the main action of running, hiking, or walking. An estimated 2,000,000 people plog daily in 100 countries and some plogging events have attracted over 3,000,000 participants.


Examples and initiatives

Erik Ahlström started plogging in the Swedish capital city,
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, when he moved there from the
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. He created the website Plogga to organise the activity and encourage volunteers. In
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,
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, plogging came with the name ''Plogging RRevolution'' with the aim of spreading the movement throughout the country to promote sports and environmental care. Author
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combines litter picking with exercise in the Parham, Coldwaltham and Storrington districts of
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, taking up to 60,000 steps a day in pursuit of local rubbish. He was so effective in keeping his neighbourhood clean that the local authority named a waste vehicle in his honour. The
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, 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." The
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organisation 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
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group, ''Plogging NYC'', had about 100 members in 2018, with events in four boroughs. In Indianapolis in 2018, a Summer of Plogging was organised by the
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and the local affiliate of
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. National Cleanup Day advocates plogging as a way to clean up and keep the outdoors clean and maintains the website Plogging.org in support of organizations holding plogging events. There is a group in Oakland, California, called Fit4Good that aims to pick up trash around Lake Merritt each week.
Ripu Daman Bevli Ripu Daman Bevli (born 15 November 1987) is an environmentalist, and social activist. He has been referred as ''the Plogman of India'' for his contributions to the littering crisis in India and for introducing the concept of plogging to India. H ...
, introduced the concept of plogging in
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and he is known as the Plogman of India. He commenced ''Litter Free India movement'', which combines
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and FIT India missions. Till March 2021, Bevli has organized more than 500 cleanups across 80 cities under the Litter Free India movement, which has seen a participation of close to 1 crore (10 million) people. The Indian Prime Minister,
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, has plogged to lead by example for his
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to clean up India.PM goes plogging on TN beach, gives Swachh & Fit India drives a big boost
Times of India, 13 October 2019.
PM Modi receives Global Goalkeeper award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
The Hindu, 25 Sept 2019.
''Pune Ploggers'' founded by
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is the largest community of ploggers in a single city with more than 500 routine ploggers throughout
Pune Pune (; ; also known as Poona, (List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name from 1818 until 1978) is one of the most important industrial and educational hubs of India, with an estimated population of 7.4 million ...
, and has collected more than 40,000 kilograms of plastic. In December 2019 the organization coordinated the largest plogging drive, with 105,000 people involved who collected 19,000 kilograms of trash in one hour. A non-profit initiative called Go Plog! has collected 16 tonnes of dry waste in
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through plogging. They organise an event every month. Students to high-ranking officials of the local administration participate.


Benefits

A scientific study from 2022 found that plogging and jogging are comparable in terms of energy expenditure, but that the proportion of energy coming from fat is significantly higher in plogging . Picking up litter through full squat and lunge movements was found to be ergonomically favourable over semi-squat and stoop movements. The study suggests that plogging strengthens the muscles of the lower body and that it involves a larger proportion of the human body’s muscle groups than does jogging. The study advises against semi-squat and stoop movements and advocates that the litter bag be occasionally swapped between the plogger’s hands to avoid a lengthy one-sided load distribution for the plogger.


See also

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Clean-up (environment) A cleanup is a form of environmental volunteering where a group of people get together to pick-up and dispose of litter in a designated location. Cleanups can take place on a street, in a neighborhood, at a park, on a water stream, or other publi ...
* Earth Day *
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* National CleanUp Day *
Outdoor Recreation Outdoor recreation or outdoor activity refers to recreation done outside, most commonly in natural settings. The activities that encompass outdoor recreation vary depending on the physical environment they are being carried out in. These activitie ...
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Ripu Daman Bevli Ripu Daman Bevli (born 15 November 1987) is an environmentalist, and social activist. He has been referred as ''the Plogman of India'' for his contributions to the littering crisis in India and for introducing the concept of plogging to India. H ...


Gallery

File:1h plogging along Delsjovagen VastraGotaland Sweden 11July2019.jpg, The result of 1 h of plogging in
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(Sweden) on July 11, 2019. File:1h suburban plogging Frantorp VastraGotaland Sweden May31 2020.jpg, The result of 1 h of plogging in
Fräntorp Fräntorp is a district in Gothenburg, Sweden which belongs to Härlanda borough. Gallery File:Entrance to Frantorpsgrottan from W VastraGotaland Sweden 26May2020.jpg, Entrance to the Fräntorp cave on May 26, 2020. File:Beech forest W Franto ...
(Sweden) on May 31, 2020. File:Plogging Hikers.jpg, Plogging group picking up litter and trash File:1h plogging in Savedalen VastraGotaland Sweden May29 2020.jpg, The result of 1 h of plogging in
Sävedalen Sävedalen is a district ("kommundel") located in Partille Municipality. At west it borders to Gothenburg Municipality and is a suburb of Gothenburg. The ice-cream company ''Triumf Glass'' was founded and have their headquarters in Sävedalen. ...
(Sweden) on May 29, 2020. File:Recycling plogging material 11July2019.jpg, Wrapping up the plogging session at the local recycling station, Gothenburg (Sweden) on July 11, 2019. Here recycling plastic containers. File:Plogging find car wreck Gothenburg Sweden March21 2019.jpg, Unwieldy or dangerous plogging-derived finds are best reported to the local authorities for removal (car wreck outside Gothenburg, Sweden on March 21, 2019).


External links


Plogging Website

Plogging TikTok Site

Plogging Instagram Site


References

{{Reflist Litter Physical exercise Environmental volunteering Plastics and the environment Waste collection Individual forms of volunteering