Plogging

A woman bending to pick up litter while a man jogs alongside, with a garbage bag, at a plogging event in Kent, England

Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter, merging the Swedish verbs plocka upp (pick up) and jogga (jog) gives the new Swedish verb plogga, from which the word plogging derives.[1] 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.[2][3][4] An estimated 2,000,000 people plog daily in 100 countries and some plogging events have attracted over 3,000,000 participants.[5][6][7]

Similar to plogging, pliking is a combination of picking up litter with hiking and/or biking.[8][9]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Klein2018 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Frymorgen, Tomasz (January 30, 2018). "Plogging is the latest Scandinavian lifestyle trend to rock your world". BBC. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  3. ^ Ross, Peter (February 19, 2018). "A rubbish way to get fit – why I loved going 'plogging'". The Guardian. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Morrissy-Swan, Tomé (February 1, 2018). "Is 'plogging' the most 2018 fitness trend yet?". The Telegraph. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
  5. ^ "Plogging / Plogga". National CleanUp Day. Retrieved April 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "'Plogging', the running that mixes ecology and sport". Iberdrola.com. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  7. ^ "Shri Kiren Rijiju announces Ripu Daman Bevli as Plogging Ambassador of India on 50th Fit India Plogging Run". India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. December 5, 2019. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  8. ^ Baptista, Edelinda (14 May 2021). "Show Mother Nature How Much You Love Her at Plike Newport". Rhode Island Monthly. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  9. ^ "8 Awesome Things to Do This Week in Guangzhou". That's. 22 February 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2023.