EDR #52 /Running Plus/ The Waye of the Plogger: interview with Paul Waye of Haarlem, elite-level plogger

How much rubbish do you see when you go for a run? Red Bull cans, cigarette packets, CapriSun packages, beer bottles, cigarette butts, coffee cups and lids litter our footpaths and urban spaces. Most of the time we leave them on the ground and wait for someone else to tidy things up. 

Paul Waye, he of the Banana Suit and the aluminium-can mini-skirt, is a runner and someone who picks up rubbish on his runs. Of course there is a Swedish word for this practice: to plog. Paul, an Englishman in Haarlem, has gone-pro with his plogging over recent months, and in this interview he shares his process of transitioning from everyday runner to absolute legendary plogger with an indefatiguable appetite for cleaning up the Dutch landscape. 

Soon, he'll be undertaking the Twelf Steden Plog - where he will run to the twelve regional capitals of the Netherlands - throughout the month of May. He's most likely to be passing close to where you live, so, if you see him, give him a shout out, but more importantly, help him out through picking up a piece of rubbish. 

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