Plogging is a newly emerged environmentally friendly sport, which encourages everyone to pick up the litters while jogging for clean up the litters, protect the environment and reduce the pollution collaboratively. Plogging could start at different locations, including the streets, wildlife and parks in the city, you just require a trash bag, a pair of gloves, a grabber and ensure the safety for starting plogging.

This is an emerged environmentally friendly sport founded by Erik Ahlstrom, a Swedish. Erik Ahlstrom is a lover of runner and he always out for running. Besides running, he also riding bicycle while going to work, and he realised that there are many litters along the streets which causing a huge negative impact to the environment. Therefore, he started to bring the tools to clean up the litters while running, and the Plogging is stated at this point, from a volunteering activity by few people developed to an environmentally friendly sport which have many participants across different countries and regions.

The word Plogging is created by 2 different languages, from the Swedish word “Plocla upp” and English word “Jogging”, which are represented two main actions of Plogging, pick up the rubbish and jogging(workout).

Although it is always emphasised this sport requires running, “running” and “jogging” here are just hoping to encourage everyone to do exercise and clean up litters while doing exercise. Therefore, even your exercise is cycling, brisk walking or just walking are fine, the most important thing is participating together!