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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Helena Horton Environment reporter

‘The sorest my legs have ever been’: hordes to descend on Hackney for litter-picking world cup

The UK team sorting rubbish at the spogomi World Cup in 2023, in Tokyo
The UK team sorting rubbish at the Spogomi World Cup in 2023, in Tokyo. Photograph: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images

Armed with gloves, metal tongs and plastic rubbish sacks, hordes of determined litter-pickers will descend on Hackney Marshes in east London this weekend.

Spogomi, a Japanese litter-picking sport, has come to the UK. Invented in 2008, it was intended as a competition to encourage people to clean up public spaces. It is now played in schools across the country as people gamify collecting rubbish.

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