<p>A student who started a global ''plogging'' movement which sees people jog and pick up litter has brought his scheme to Britain.</p><p>Vivek Gurav, 26, began his project in India - and now has more than 10,000 volunteers around the world.</p><p>Plogging sees people run for fun and collect rubbish and aims to curb the climate crisis "one bit of plastic at a time".</p><p>Vivek, who set up a running group in India, is now planning to do the same in Bristol.</p><p>He is hopeful he can keep topping the success of the scheme in a bid to fight the climate emergency.</p><p>Plogging was started in Sweden but 'Pune Ploggers' founded by Vivek is the largest community of ploggers in a single city.</p><p>It has collected more than 40,000 kilograms of plastic.</p><p>Vivek came to Bristol last September to study for a masters degree in Environmental Policy and Management.</p><p>But he started his climate cleanup journey back in 2014 when he was just 19-years-old.</p><p>He said: "Bristol Ploggers will be an important step towards helping citizens act locally for a global impact.</p><p>''Climate crisis has already hit us. </p><p>''It's time to start acting now. Let's join communities acting to fight climate change and make conscious choices.</p><p>"Communities can bring a change in mindset, and this is crucial for a mass awakening towards climate change and to make governments worldwide act now."</p><p>The activist created a community plogging campaign in his home city of Pune in India in 2019.</p><p>Two years later there are now more than 10,000 volunteers helping to curb plastic pollution and taking action on the climate emergency.</p>
