30 Epic Responses To The #Trashtag Challenge

Hashtags and viral challenges often represent funny or iconic moments in pop culture. However, there is a new viral movement that has taken off whose goal is not to entertain - but to help save Earth.

1.3 billion tonnes of household waste is generated each year, with only 258 -368 million tons of it ending up in the 50 largest dumpsites, and millions of tons of it ends up in the ocean, 80 percent of which comes from mainland waste. The new hashtag #trashtag wants everybody to chip in to chip away at this trash problem. People are challenged to take a before photograph of an area that needs serious trash clean-up, followed by an after picture of the beautified area.

The hashtag blew up on the internet after a Reddit user posted a screenshot of somebody that had completed the challenge, with the caption: "Here is a new #challenge for all you bored teens. Take a photo of an area that needs some cleaning or maintenance then take a photo after you have done something about it, and post it here.” Scroll down below to see some of the best photos from this environmentally-friendly hashtag!

getyerfix

Here's my contribution to #trashtag. My (large) family and I cleaned up this beach we campe near over the summer

kelllvvviiinnn

#trashtag seems to be trending. This one's from Nepal

phattvdev

#trashtag from Vietnam, youngsters gather voluntarily to clean up the environment and to raise public awareness

alex_lavigne

#trashtag Manila Bay has been considered one of the dirtiest bays across the world. After 11 years, the Supreme Court finally issued a cleanup order which thousands of volunteers joined last January 27, 2019.

rcc_pipes

Around 500 volunteers helped with the cleanup of 5 million kg of trash from this Mumbai beach.

Baxxo25

This should be the new challenge to make the world a better place

getyerfix

Just one of the many days cleaning up our local water ways. Featuring Selma Kayak and Large Marge the Garbage Barge

buttsaginton10

Three women cleaned up this area together.

v0y4ge

Took me a few days, but finally finished!!

4tpn

This is just a work of an hour! #trashtag

east.mojo

Students from @tetsocollege, Dimapur, accepted the #Trashtag challenge

ger__mann

The community in my home town in Mexico got together and cleaned up garbage

anksla007

Took the whole Sunday morning for 10 people. But finally completed the #trashtag challenge

horses_spb

Annually, more than 14 billion pounds of garbage is dumped into the world’s ocean (mainly marine life toxic plastic).This has contributed to what is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Pacific trash vortex, a cluster of marine debris in the Pacific Ocean that is twice the size of the U.S.

WAYTOOMELO

My aunt is a 70 year old retired school teacher and she has been making these signs and going around cleaning up our neighborhood in the Bronx for a few months now #Trashtag

RMcNeil2105

Along the Potomac River south of Washington, DC. We have to clean up the existing mess, but bottle deposit laws and styrofoam bans would prevent most of it. Contact your local, state, and federal representatives and insist on this.

RafayMirza

There's an organisation I volunteer at and we basically do cleanups like this in the city. Places that have been forgotten by the local government and make them accessible for the public

qevoh

People are starting to accept the challenge

Howells2202

Love seeing this become a challenge! Keeping the beaches clean here in Florida

NoKarmaNoFarma

These people went above and beyond #trashtag

Klokkestarter

40 Norwegian Folk High School students from Alta spent one week picking trash at a local beach, gathering a total of 12,400kg

kingluc79

We’ve picked up tons from Durban beaches over the years

wellnesstravelled

We did our first “official” beach clean-up in Belize that past December. Before this I’d say we were classified as “beach(trash)combers”, picking up the odd straw and plastic bottle we saw on our walks. However, for Belize, we travelled there with the intention of dedicating time to picking up any trash we came across on our hikes and beach walks. We even created a social media “clean-up crew” by partnering with other travellers to do a clean-up with us at the same time.

v0y4ge

My girlfriend and I doing our part for #trashtag at the beach the other day

morfen

South Africa

daavidcabrera_

Decided to pick up trash for my birthday and filled up 4 bags

getyerfix

Cleaning up floating debris in Jamaica Bay, NY

to112life

Another #trashtag challenge accepted! Help keep our streets clean

Flamewell

Did our part today for #trashtag while offroading in the mountains of California

dhth7a