China News Service, Yinchuan, April 22, topic: World Earth Day: Embrace low-carbon life, "pick up and run" to protect the environment
China News Agency reporter Yu Jing
What's it like to run and pick up trash at the same time?
On April 22, on the 53rd Earth Day, a group of runners in Phoenix Park, Yinchuan, Ningxia, held garbage bags, stopped at any time during the run, and leaned over to pick up scraps of paper, milk tea cups and other garbage on the ground. Put it in a plastic bag and keep running...
This is the "pick up and run" that leads the trend of running in China's cities. In the way of jogging, you can bend over and pick up the garbage on the ground at any time.
Pick-and-run activity originated in Sweden and is a combination of the Swedish words "plocka" and "jog" (jogga).
In China, this activity originated in Shanghai. With the increasing awareness of environmental protection among Chinese people, "picking up and running" has been loved by runners in recent years, and has gradually become a hot new fashion for environmental protection.
Pick-and-run groups have appeared in Wuhan, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Hangzhou and other places.
Due to the implementation of the concept of green environmental protection, they are affectionately called "green runners".
It has been more than 4 years since the trend of "picking up and running" came to Yinchuan.
"I am a running enthusiast. The first time I participated in the pick-up run was during the Qingming holiday this year. I ran in Phoenix Park with a group of runners and picked up garbage while running." Citizen Mr. Zhang recalled that the first time to pick-up and run, due to lack of experience , without gloves, but he overcomes his fear of getting dirty, uses his favorite sports to help the environment, and contributes to the city, and he feels a sense of accomplishment.
Pan Chuang, the initiator and leader of the "Shunshou Picking and Running Group", told reporters that he has always loved running and cycling. In 2019, he saw Shanghai's "picking and running" activity on the video platform Station B, and felt that this kind of combination of running and environmental protection The idea of being together is particularly praised, so I took the initiative to get in touch with the Shanghai Picking and Running Group to understand the relevant application rules, and established the Yinchuan "Shunshou Picking and Running Group".
At the beginning, no one knew that Pan Chuang did not deliberately promote this trendy green running method, but brought a few colleagues to experience it first.
After running a few times, everyone's response was good, and more and more people joined, "Now, there are more than 100 members of Yinchuan's 'Shunshou Picking and Running Group'.
"Pick up and run" can not only exercise the body, but also protect the environment, killing two birds with one stone.
Pan Chuang believes that the garbage that can be picked up by running is always limited, but through this form, more people can pay attention to our street hygiene and urban environmental protection. This is the greatest significance of the picking and running activities.
Nowadays, more and more people choose to join the team of "smooth pick-and-run group", run through a field, clean one side, and improve the environment and beautify their homes through their own bit-by-bit actions.
According to reports, the large-scale event "Pick Up China" has been held for 4 consecutive years.
Among them, in 2021, "Pick and Run China" will last for 67 days. After online and offline linkage, 256 cities in China responded, 155 running groups participated in the check-in, 25,881 runners participated in the pick-up run, and a total of more than 3 tons of plastic packaging were recycled. waste, reducing carbon emissions by about 4.2 tons.
Talking about the future, Pan Chuang said that he will continue to persevere. He also hopes that more people will participate in it and pay attention to urban environmental protection, so that the environmental protection spirit reflected in the pick-and-run activity will continue to be adhered to and continued, and become a leader of Yinchuan environmental protection. new fashion.
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