#Trashtag - The best of the viral internet challenge

The internet is a weird and wonderful place full of bizarre trends and challenges that go viral. First there was the Cinnamon challenge, the Harlem shake, the mannequin challenge and the masterful water bottle flipping challenge. Now there’s a new craze on the block and we are all for it to go as viral as possible! Say hello to #Trashtag  

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Seeing how much people are loving the posts of the before and after on beaches, here's another awesome one 😍 #trashtag #trashtagchallenge - Tag a friend who needs some happiness🤗 - Follow @themostwholesomememes for more posts like this 💕💕💕

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Although #Trashtag has been around for a few years, it has recently started trending on Twitter, Reddit and Instagram. The challenge is to find a public area which has been littered with rubbish and clean it up - taking a before and after photo and posting it on social media.

It all started in September 2015 when an ecological activist posted a blog on the Teton Gravity Research website about picking up rubbish in wild locations - naming it project 'trashtag'. 

Fast forward a few years to March 2019,Byron Román challenges 'bored teens' on Facebook with a Before and After photo challenge. His post gained over 91,000 likes and 300,000 shares in one week.

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This should be the new challenge to make the world a better place 🌍 use the hashtag #trashtag to show off your contributions 🙌 - Tag a friend who needs some happiness 🤗 - Follow @themostwholesomememes for more posts like this 💕💕💕

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A few days later, shrestaz posted from Nepal which gained over 139,000 upvotes in three days...and the rest is history!  

#trashtag seems to be trending. This one's from Nepal 🇳🇵 pic.twitter.com/stAxbQXhup

— Kelllvvviiinnn (@kelllvvviiinnn) March 9, 2019

The posts have been incredible and inspiring! There have been photos and videos from all over the world from Asia to Europe to Mount Everest! Here are our favourites so far:  

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Mount Everest, meet #trashtag 🌍🌱 - Tag a friend who needs some happiness 🤗 - Follow @themostwholesomememes for more posts like this 💕💕💕

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#trashtagchallenge #trashtag 700 ton plastic cleaned up from Mahim beach. The dog is thinking, "There was a beach under there?" pic.twitter.com/cJevdCxnfd

— Pratika RCC Pipes Hyderabad (@rcc_pipes) March 13, 2019

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In 2015, after watching his childhood beach devastated by trash, @AfrozShah_ took matters into his own hands. What started off as a personal mission turned into the largest beach cleanup in the world. Three years later, the community had cleared over 6,000 tons of trash off of Mumbai's Versova Beach. #trashtag

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It doesn't have to be the whole stretch of a beach front either, every little helps! 

Before and after. Makeup and clothes dumped near Moston Brook, now cleaned up 😀#litterpick #TrashTag pic.twitter.com/9GsFIUORaI

— Moston Litter Picker (@AJDelusion) March 11, 2019

The After photo feels so good that it's worth putting in a few extra days and gathering your friends together. 

Here's SCUBA's contribution to the viral trend #trashtag It took almost 10 days of hard graft with over 300 volunteers; but job done! pic.twitter.com/W7tqBlhYYS

— SCUBA (@SCUBA18542933) March 13, 2019

#Trashtag just goes to show the positive power social media can have on society and our planet. Following the 2nd#SchoolStrike4Climate march last week and now a trending challenge that is meaningful and inspirational, we are so proud of the youth of today.

We’re off to go grab some rubbish...see you soon with our #trashtag photo!

Left wanting more? We have listed 3 signs that we are moving towards a more sustainable future …https://cariki.co.uk/blogs/the-green-road/2019-sustainability-update-3-signs-that-we-are-moving-towards-a-more-sustainable-future