A student who set up a litter-picking community is planning to tour 30 cities in 30 days across the UK in a fight against climate change.
Vivek Gurav has been collecting rubbish and has picked up 5,000kg of waste while out running in Bristol, an activity known as 'plogging'. Gurav, 26, said: "I want to set-up a UK-wide plogging community like I did back in India." He added he wanted to inspire people so they could "start their own groups''.
Mr Gurav, who came to Bristol last year to study for a master's degree in environmental policy and management, first started a community plogging campaign in his home city of Pune, in India. Over the past four years, he has covered 420 miles (675km) litter picking on 120 "plogging missions". The 26-year-old hopes to be joined by fellow ploggers, environmentalists and keen runners as he visits each city via public transport to litter pick across the country.