Hashtags and viral challenges usually represent funny or iconic moments in pop culture, but there is a new viral movement that has taken off whose goal isn’t to entertain – but to help save the planet.
1.3 billion tonnes of household waste is generated per year and only 258 -368 million tons of it ends up in the 50 largest dumpsites, and million tons of it ends up in the ocean, 80% of which comes from mainland waste. Well, the new hashtag #trashtag wants everyone to chip in to chip away at this trash problem. People are challenged to take a before photo of an area that is in need of intense trash clean-up, followed by an after photo of the beautified area.
The hashtag blew up on social media after a reddit user posted a screenshot of someone who 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 and don’t forget to upvote your favs!
#trashtag seems to be trending. This one’s from Nepal 
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Cleaned up a beach in Belgium!
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This Is Just A Work Of An Hour! #trashtag
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3 Women Cleaned Up This Area Together. #trashtag
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People Are Starting To Accept The Challenge
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We Come From A Small Island Called Bahrain Where People Don’t Care About The Beaches Cleanliness. This Us Our Contribution
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Beach cleanup in Bohol, Philippines. 250kg of trash collected in an hour. #trashtag
Diesel And I Made A Contribution Today At Our Local Trail In Indiana!
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Took A Bike Ride Around A Local Park, Collected This In Just About An Hour. I Noticed So Much More Garbage Once O Started Looking For It, So I Plan On Going Back Tomorrow And The Next Day For More!
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Definitely Not As Impressive As Some Of The Other Clean-UPS, But I Picked Up Trash Around My Old High School Last Weekend #trashtag
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Doing Our Part! Cleaned Up In An Hour And A Half #detrashed
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#trashtag We Collected All This From Our Small Beach At Kites Cove
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Our Contribution. We Cleaned Up This Beach In Florida!
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It’s Not Much, But I Collected 8 Lbs Total Of Broken Glass From Summer Campers In My Woods. #trashtag
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#trashtag Challenge – We Cleaned A Local Park
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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
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Trash pickup near Quincy High
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#trashtag From Hungary, Let’s Make This Challenge More Viral
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#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.
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I Kayak Near Nyc And Always Pull Out Any Debris I Can. Here’s Another Haul #trashtag
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No Fancy Before/After, But One Bag Collected Within 10 Minutes Of Walking The Family Dog. Thanks For The Motivation #trashtag!
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People Are Starting To Accept The Challenge
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Not As Impressive As A Whole Beach But Whenever I Go Hiking I Bring A Trash Bag. This Was The Worst Mess I’ve Cleaned So Far, About 2 Years Ago
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#trashtag My Fiancé And His Annual Beach Cleanup. He Picks Garbage Every Year. First Year He Ended Up With 75 Contractor Bags Full. Every Year Since Is Decidedly Smaller. Last Year It Was Around 50. Buffalo Ny Lake Erie
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Here’s Mine! Cleaned Up A Creek In Asheville, Nc Collected 44 Bags Of Trash #trashtag
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Me And My Schoolmate Just Did Our Parts! :) #trashtag
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Last Saturday As A Club We Went And Cleaned The Beach Scheveningen Netherlands. 165 Kg Is The Result. #trashtag
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My Girlfriend And I Doing Our Part For #trashtag At The Beach The Other Day.
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These People Went Above And Beyond #trashtag
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Me And A Crew Of 500 People Picking Up Trash At South Mountain Regional Park! Around 8,000 Lbs Of Trash Removed In 2 Hours! #trashtag #keepnaturewild
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Picking Up The Neighborhood On Our Bike Ride. #trashtag
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#trashtag. South Africa
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Backpacked Into Havasupai Indian Reservation, 35+ Miles Total Over 3 Days, Carried This Bag Of Rubbish Out #trashtag
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40 Norwegian Folk High School Students From Alta Spent One Week Picking Trash At A Local Beach, Gathering A Total Of 12,400kg! #trashtag
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Inspired By The #trashtag, My Friend And I Went Out To My Favorite Water Hole, High Rocks And Spent A Few Hours Cleaning Up Trash. Perfect Day For It And A Great Workout Too!
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Friend And I Took Some Time Today To Clean Our Local Park. Keep Our Bayou Clean! #trashtag
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Did Our Part Today For #trashtag While Offroading In The Mountains Of California.
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We’ve Picked Up Tons From Durban Beaches Over The Years #trashtag
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Leave The Trail Cleaner Than How You Found It! #trashtag
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It Wasn’t Much, But Did What I Could By The American River Trail Today #trashtag
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Its Not Much But Heres My Contribution To #trashtag #trashchallenge
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#trashtag. Love Seeing This Become A Challenge! Keeping The Beaches Clean Here In Florida!
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#trashtag Neighborhood Trail Cleanup. Didn’t Get Pics Of Everything Bc We Didn’t Know This Was Trending! Also Featuring Rattlesnakes.
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After I Realized How Much Karma These Submissions Were Getting, I Decided To Get My Family Out On This Nearby Shoreline To Pick Up The Trash! #trashtag
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Clymer, Pennsylvania, Usa. I, Too, Chose To Go Out And Clean Up My Community Today! #trashtag
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#trashtag Koh Rong, Cambodia
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We Found An Entire Shopping Cart Here In Flagstaff, Az #trashtag
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Took The Whole Sunday Morning For 10 People. But Finally Completed The #trashtag Challenge
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#trashtag 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. Peace.
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#trashtag From Vietnam, Youngsters Gather Voluntarily To Clean Up The Environment And To Raise Public Awareness
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We Come From A Small Island Called Bahrain Where People Don’t Care About The Beaches Cleanliness. This Us Our Contribution
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Thrilled Everyone Is Posting #trashtag – 2018 Riverkeeper Sweep, Croton Point Park, Hudson River (Ny)
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#trashtag We Went Around This Small Lake In Our Community (Bangalore, India) Some Time Back And Cleared The Trash In Biodegradable Trash Bags
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People Have Always Called My Uncle A Hippie But Turns Out He Is Just An Og #trashtag Supporter. He Collects Trash On A Beach Near His Favourite Camping Spot That He Goes To Every Year In Summer. This Was 2018’s Haul, This Beach Is Also A Native Turtle Nesting Area.
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My Wife Isn’t On Reddit. But She Loves The Ocean And Was So Inspired By Everyone’s #trashtag Posts She Decided To Spend 15min Cleaning Up A Small Cove During Our Family Walk. Every Little Bit Counts!
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Me And My Son Took An Empty Trashbag With Us On Our Walk Through The Forest. We Filled The Bag! #trashtag
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Several Coworkers And I Teamed Up With Living Lands & Waters A Few Months Ago To Engage In A Local Mississippi River Cleanup (Pictured Is One Of Two Boats Filled With Garbage We Gathered In A Few Hours). They’re An Amazing Organization Dedicated To Cleaning Up Major U.s. Waterways! #trashtag
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I’m So Happy #trashtag Is Trending. I Had The Privilege To Work Over The Summer As A ‘Trashformer’ With 4 Others Going Around Our Local Communities Picking Up Trash From May -August. It’s Defined Not Easy Work, But It’s Very Rewarding. Keep It Going! 
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6 Year Old Cleans Up Pond For Geese #trashtag
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It Might Not Be As Much As Others, But Every Little Bit Helps #trashtag
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Cleanup Underway! Detrash, Trashtag, And All Other Cleanup Titles You Give!
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Had No Idea #trashtag Was A Thing Today. While Camping This Morning I Found This Bag In A Bush. I Picked Up Every Shot Gun Shell And Piece Of Trash I Could Find. Not As Much As Others But The Camp Site Looked Much Better!
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Twenty Minutes At The End Of The Day. Paying It Forward #trashtag
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Picked Up Some Things From A Lake Near My Neighborhood, Its The Little Things That Count. #trashtag
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I Didn’t Get Myself In This 6ish Year Old Picture, But Here’s Some Cleanup I Did After Going To A Beach To Drink And Getting Angry About The Litter There. #trashtag #cleanupchallenge
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Local Tibet Mongolian Buddhist Monks On Their Annual Cleanup Of Bloomington Indiana County Roads Near Their Temple. #trashtag #bestneighbor
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Glad To See #trashtag Is Trending, Did This In My Town Back In 2008 With Some Friends
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Many Hands Make Light Work. #trashtag
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Here Is My #trashtag. Every Year There Is A Huge Beach Clean Up On Padre Island National Seashore. This Year 1400 Volunteers Cleaned Up Over 75 Tons Of Trash.
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It Took Me About 2 Hours To Collect These Recyclables This Afternoon. #trashtag
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This Is 2 Of The 3 Trailer Loads That Myself Along With A Fantastic Group Of People Pulled Out Of The Tauwhanu Reserve In Auckland, Nz On Saturday In The Middle Of A Storm. #trashtag
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Challenge Accepted! #trashtag From Canada
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#trashtag My Eagle Scout Project From Last Year! Took A Whole Day With Nearly 20 People. Dayton, Oh, Usa
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Manukan Island, Malaysia. #trashtag
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We Did Our Part At The Park #trashtag
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Even Small Cleanups Count – 154kg From A Park Nearby #trashtag
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Cleaning Up The Florida Springs! Thank You @kingsofthesprings For Coordinating This Event! #trashtag #floridasprings
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I’m A Bike Messenger In Seattle, Washington. Business Is Slow In The Winter So I Circle Lake Union Between Deliveries And Pick Up Trash
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Wilson Arch, Utah Clean Up
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5 Hours, 10 Bags, And Est. 300 Pounds Of Trash.
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Weekly Beach Cleanup On Isla Holbox, México
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