Plogging and other sporting initiatives for waste collection

Combining business with pleasure is the perfect formula, where in North Europe and in Japan you fight againstpollution of rivers. There are so many initiatives to involve tourists and citizens in protecting the ecosystem of rivers and the sea. One of the initiatives is the “plogging”where waste collection takes place on land.

However, what could be more beautiful than going inside kayaking? One of the most suggestive existing activities for lovers of canoeing and being in the middle of nature. So when entertainment is combined with a good cause, it is always commendable. The excursion is accompanied by the collection of the waste left in the area. In the watercourses you will find plastic wrappers, bottles, cigarette butts and old tennis balls.

But what is dangerous is sometimes invisible. Many studies have shown that most rivers on Earth are contaminated with remains of medicines. An alarm for the local fauna and flora. Here is the initiative of GreenKayak. It is an association that makes its kayaks available for free for an hour in Northern Europe and Japan. Those who volunteer are clearing the rivers of trash.

However, one does not necessarily have to stay abroad to participate in these initiatives. Also in Italy there are activists who are cleaning up the sea. CiccioKayak is a young Sicilian who purifies the sea of ​​pollution with his kayak. On the other hand, among the interesting workouts to do activities and the clean nature, there is the “plogging”. Better to get the . to say to jog where waste collection is combined with physical training. 2021 was the year of the first World of “plogging” in the Turin Alps with 55 world athletes and more than 790 kg of waste collected over more than 1,780 km.