plogging
{{short description|Picking up litter while jogging}}
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Plogging is a combination of jogging with picking up litter, merging the Swedish verbs {{lang|sv|plocka upp}} (pick up) and {{lang|sv|jogga}} (jog) gives the new Swedish verb {{lang|sv|plogga}}, from which the word plogging derives. 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/237c63d4-0a54-406a-ae51-ad677a872456|title=Plogging is the latest Scandinavian lifestyle trend to rock your world|last=Frymorgen|first=Tomasz|date=January 30, 2018|work=BBC|access-date=November 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/feb/19/a-rubbish-way-to-get-fit-why-i-loved-going-plogging|title=A rubbish way to get fit – why I loved going 'plogging'|last=Ross|first=Peter|date=February 19, 2018|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 11, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/plogging-2018-fitness-trend-yet/|title=Is 'plogging' the most 2018 fitness trend yet?|last=Morrissy-Swan|first=Tomé|date=February 1, 2018|work=The Telegraph|access-date=November 11, 2018}} An estimated 2,000,000 people plog daily in 100 countries and some plogging events have attracted over 3,000,000 participants.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nationalcleanupday.org/partners/plogging |title=Plogging / Plogga |publisher=National CleanUp Day |access-date=April 10, 2021}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.iberdrola.com/social-commitment/what-is-plogging |title='Plogging', the running that mixes ecology and sport|publisher=Iberdrola.com |access-date=January 8, 2021 }}{{Cite web |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1595058 |title=Shri Kiren Rijiju announces Ripu Daman Bevli as Plogging Ambassador of India on 50th Fit India Plogging Run |date=December 5, 2019 |publisher=India Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |access-date=January 8, 2021 }}
Similar to plogging, pliking is a combination of picking up litter with hiking and/or biking.{{cite web|url=https://www.rimonthly.com/plike-newport/|title=Show Mother Nature How Much You Love Her at Plike Newport|last=Baptista|first=Edelinda|date=14 May 2021|website=Rhode Island Monthly|access-date=4 June 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.thatsmags.com/guangzhou/post/34085/awesome-things-to-do-this-week-in-guangzhou_24|title=8 Awesome Things to Do This Week in Guangzhou|date=22 February 2022|website=That's|access-date=4 June 2023}}
Examples and initiatives
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 organise the activity and encourage volunteers.{{Cite news|url=https://www.core77.com/posts/72971/New-Swedish-Fitness-Trend-Plogging-Combines-Jogging-with-Picking-Up-Litter|title=New Swedish Fitness Trend, "Plogging," Combines Jogging with Picking Up Litter|last=Noe|first=Rain|date=February 2, 2018|work=Core77|access-date=November 11, 2018}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/plogging-the-fitness-trend-with-a-social-conscience-20180205-h0tx6r.html|title=Plogging: the fitness trend with a social conscience|last=Lytton|first=Charlotte|date=February 6, 2018|work=The Age|access-date=November 11, 2018}} He was so effective in keeping his neighbourhood clean that the local authority named a waste vehicle in his honour.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2014/jul/31/david-sedaris-litter-picker-rubbish-waste-vehicle-pig-pen-west-sussex|title=David Sedaris? Who? Oh, you mean the local litter-picker|last=Dowling|first=Tim|date=July 31, 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=November 11, 2018}} 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."{{Cite news|url=https://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/south-downs-litter-picker-has-truck-named-after-him-1-6204429|title=South Downs litter picker has truck named after him|date=July 28, 2014|work=West Sussex Gazette|access-date=November 11, 2018}}
The Keep America Beautiful 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/02/23/plogging-is-the-swedish-fitness-craze-for-people-who-want-to-save-the-planet-its-making-its-way-to-the-u-s/|title='Plogging' is the Swedish fitness craze for people who want to save the planet. It's making its way to the U.S.|last=Klein|first=Allison|date=February 23, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=November 11, 2018}} In New York, a Meetup group, Plogging NYC, had about 100 members in 2018, with events in four boroughs.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/20/saving-the-planet-and-your-glutes|title=Saving the Planet and Your Glutes|last=Marx|first=Patricia|date=August 20, 2018|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=November 11, 2018}} In Indianapolis in 2018, a Summer of Plogging was organised by the November Project and the local affiliate of Keep America Beautiful.{{Cite news|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/07/15/plogging-jogging-environmental-twist-picking-up-litter/760391002/|title=Plogging? You know, when you jog and pick up litter at the same time|last=Smith|first=Rachel|date=July 15, 2018|work=IndyStar|access-date=November 11, 2018}}
There is a group in Oakland, California, called Fit4Good that aims to pick up trash around Lake Merritt each week.
Ripu Daman Bevli, introduced the concept of plogging in India and he is known as the Plogman of India.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-13|title=Cleaning up is not enough, we have to stop littering: Ripu Daman Bevli|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/ripu-daman-bevli-plogging-7219792/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Upreti|first=Payel Majumdar|title='People look at trash ... and think it is someone else's problem'|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/know/make-environment-trash-free-says-plogman-of-india-ripu-daman-bevli/article33913123.ece|access-date=2021-06-01|website=@businessline|date=23 February 2021 |language=en}} He commenced Litter Free India movement, which combines Swachh Bharat and FIT India missions.{{Cite web|title=Shri Kiren Rijiju announces Ripu Daman Bevli as Plogging Ambassador of India on 50th Fit India Plogging Run|url=http://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1595058|access-date=2021-06-01|website=pib.gov.in}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-09|title=Country's First Plogger Ripu Daman Bevli Felicitated By Central Government As Fit India Ambassador For Plogging {{!}} News|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/swachh-india-ripu-daman-bevli-felicitated-by-central-government-as-fit-india-ambassador-for-plogging-40289/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}} 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.{{Cite web|date=2021-03-11|title=500 Clean Ups, 150 Tons of Waste, 80 Cities: Delhi Man Is Helping India Turn Litter-Free|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/250757/delhi-running-fitness-ripu-daman-bevli-plogging-ambassador-waste-collect-segregation-jog-india-litter-free-inspirational-plastic-vid01/|access-date=2021-05-30|website=The Better India|language=en-US}} The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has plogged to lead by example for his Swachh Bharat Mission to clean up India.[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-goes-plogging-on-tn-beach-gives-swachh-fit-india-drives-a-big-boost/articleshow/71561242.cms PM goes plogging on TN beach, gives Swachh & Fit India drives a big boost], Times of India, 13 October 2019.[https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/pm-modi-recieves-global-goalkeeper-award-for-swachh-bharat-abhiyan/article29506555.ece PM Modi receives Global Goalkeeper award for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan], The Hindu, 25 Sept 2019.
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.{{cite journal | vauthors = Raghavan R, Panicker VV, Emmatty FJ | title = Ergonomic risk and physiological assessment of plogging activity | journal = Work | volume = 72 | pages = 1337–1348 | year = 2022 | issue = 4 | doi = 10.3233/WOR-205210| pmid = 35723137 | s2cid = 249830884 }}
See also
Gallery
File:1h plogging along Delsjovagen VastraGotaland Sweden 11July2019.jpg|The result of 1 h of plogging in Gothenburg (Sweden) on July 11, 2019.
File:1h suburban plogging Frantorp VastraGotaland Sweden May31 2020.jpg|The result of 1 h of plogging in Fräntorp (Sweden) on May 31, 2020.
File:1h plogging in Savedalen VastraGotaland Sweden May29 2020.jpg|The result of 1 h of plogging 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).
References
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External links
- [https://www.plogging.org/ Official website]
Category:Environmental volunteering