TrashTag

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[[File:TrashTag_Logo_2020.jpg|thumb|TrashTag Challenge]]

'''TrashTag''' is an internet challenge and hashtag campaign where people clean up a heavily littered area, posting before and after photos with the hashtag #trashtag <ref>https://ift.tt/2AlOY4f>

==Examples and initiatives==
Steven Reinhold started the TrashTag Challenge in 2015 after accidentally littering on a road trip. He vowed to gather 100 pieces of trash.<ref>{https://ift.tt/30t9bQq> On this road trip, we went to all these different national parks and we were basically geotagging the trash as we picked it up,” Reinhold said. “At some point, we said ‘why not hashtag it #trashtag?’” <ref>On this road trip, we went to all these different national parks and we were basically geotagging the trash as we picked it up,” Reinhold said. “At some point, we said ‘why not hashtag it #trashtag?’”</ref>

Byron Román, a Phoenix, Arizona, resident, posted a picture of a litter-strewn roadside area along with an “after” shot of him posing with nine massive bags of trash, all stuffed to the brim in the middle of the freshly cleaned strip of dirt. The post was shared more than 300,000 times, prompting countless new posts and imitators seeking to outdo Román or simply add to the impact of the #trashtag efforts.<ref>https://ift.tt/2Aa8b9f>

Trashtag events have been held in the city, mountains, rivers, and beaches. They also range from Mount Everest to underwater diving excursions.<ref>https://ift.tt/3dTqldS>. Events have been held in a number of countries including the [[United States]], [[Mexico]], [[India]], [[Nepal]], and [[China]] as well as being replicated in other languages such as "#basurachallenge" for Spanish.<ref>https://ift.tt/3h8MtDf more than just "bored teens" who have done their part. People all over the world are collecting trash from outdoor spaces in their area.<ref>https://ift.tt/3cVwchH>

[[National Cleanup Day]], [[Ocean Conservancy]], and [[Earth Day]] advocate the Trashtag Challenge as a way to cleanup and keep the outdoors clean.<ref>https://ift.tt/2YiarDb>

==See also==
*[[Earth Day]]
*[[Keep America Beautiful]]
*[[National Cleanup Day]]
*[[Ocean Conservancy]]
*[[Outdoor recreation]]
*[[Plogging]]

==References==


[[Category:Litter]]
[[Category:Physical exercise]]
[[Category:Environmental volunteering]]
[[Category:Plastics and the environment]]
[[Category:Waste collection]]
[[Category:Individual forms of volunteering]]

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