Uzbekistan biggest newspaper, Gazeta focus on Plogging and Erik Ahlström

Published on: October 8, 2026 Published in: Nyhet

It has been published in Russian, Uzbek, and English. Here are the links: English: https://www.gazeta.uz/en/2026/07/20/erik-ahlstrom/ Russian: https://www.gazeta.uz/ru/2026/07/18/erik-ahlstrom/ Uzbek: https://www.gazeta.uz/oz/2026/07/20/erik-ahlstrom/

“The cleanest cities are not where people clean the most, but where they litter the least.” Founder of plogging Erik Ahlström on litter as a new normal, community clean-ups and leading by example

Plogging, picking up litter while running, was invented in Sweden in 2016. Its founder, Erik Ahlström, spoke with Gazeta about how a simple habit became a global movement and why picking up “someone else’s” litter should never be a cause for shame….