Viral #trashtag social media challenge inspiring "bored" teens

There seem to always be new social media challenges every day. But the #trashtag challenge is one you might want to challenge your own family and especially kids.

What is the #trashtag challenge:

It is an environmentally friendly challenge that encourages people to clean up their surroundings.
The #trashtag challenge has been a trend in the last few years but now it is suddenly gaining lots of attention.
It was originally started in 2015 by UGO Gear, an outdoor company located in Chicago
But recently the trend was revived by a Facebook user, Bryan Roman. He created a post that challenged ‘bored’ teenagers to take on this challenge.

The new viral challenge that's helping the planet #TRASHTAG 🙌 pic.twitter.com/PNRADBumZM

— In the NOW (@IntheNow_tweet) March 12, 2019

Roman got the idea of picking trash, then photographing it for social media, in a post he saw by the travel company Happy Tours GT.

He decided to make it appealing to teens and added his own version of it.

In an interview with ABC news he stated that “Due to teens lately making the news about Tide pods, bird box challenge and now the Koala challenge. Maybe I could inspire a few to do something positive,” said Román.

Initially, Roman shared the “before” image of a man standing in a wooded area surrounded by trach. He then cleaned up the area and took and “after” photo of the same man standing with the trash bags behind him.

This image went viral and it got aimed at “bored” teens.

Since then- many teens- have joined the #trashtag challenge and started cleaning up their neighborhood and posting it on social media.

Did you know that the #trashtag challenge was initiated in #Algeria by an Algerian! More things to be proud about! 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿❤💚❤💚❤ pic.twitter.com/qFVxRUlszX

— Lamia Achouche (@lamia_achouche) March 16, 2019

People in France joining this challenge

How to encourage your kids to be part of this viral social media challenge:

Show them pictures of other teens doing it
Turn the challenge into a competition. For instance, how many trash bag can your kids collect? If they collect a certain amount they will be rewarded for it.
Encourage them by being part of the challenge. For instance, tell them that we will spend the evening going out to the park.
If possible, get their friends involved. Make it a group or school challenge
Inform your kid’s school teachers or educators about this challenge and you never know the school might want to be part of the #trashtag trend.\
If you are traveling this summer with the kids then make this part of your travel itinerary. Collect pictures of your kids collecting trash from different locations and get them to start appreciating our lovely earth 🙂

Previous popular social media challenges :

#birdbox challenge: A person is blindfolded and expected to navigate his surroundings. Inspired by the Netflix movie Birdbox. Netflix has discouraged viewers to do this challenge as it can be very dangerous,

#kikichallenge : People dancing to the song “In my Feelings” outside a moving car- Many safety warning against this challenge

#Invisiblechallenge : Family members scare their kids or younger siblings by believing that they had become invisible. Please do not do this challenge. It can scare kids.

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