Chuncheon to Host Plogging Program on Saturday | Be Korea-savvy

Chuncheon to Host Plogging Program on Saturday


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CHUNCHEON, July 15 (Korea Bizwire)Chuncheon city’s With Eco, a plogging program where participants pick up trash as they jog, begins this Saturday.

Plogging combines the terms ‘plocka upp’, a Swedish expression for picking up grains, and ‘jogging’.

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The program first began in Sweden in 2016, spreading worldwide as a meaningful event that can take care of both one’s health and the environment.

Civil activists will also provide on-site education for students to properly recycle the trash they pick up during plogging.

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Image Credit: Korea Federation for Environmental Movements / photonews@koreabizwire.com

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