So much trash in such a concentrated area... my friend and I plan on doing this everytime we smoke together. #StonerCleanupInitiative from r/trees
Stoners may get a bad rap for being stereotypically lazy, but a new social media movement is calling on marijuana users to join a massive international litter clean-up.
I was on my midnight walk home when I found a plastic bag with some trash in. The next thing I know is I pick up every single piece of trash I found on my way. Doing my part for the #StonerCleanupInitiative :) from r/trees
It all started when one Reddit user posted a photo of themselves holding a bag full of trash that they had collected from their favorite smoking spot in July.
Just Cleaned up the local smoke spot #StonerCleanupInitiative from r/trees
Within 24 hours, the post had been viewed hundreds of thousands of times – and it prompted a serious, but powerful question: what if every pothead took it upon themselves to tidy up their outdoor smoking hotspots?
My homies and I go around the island every weekend and collect truck loads of trash - all for the love of Earth. Glad to see the trend picking up fellow stoners! from r/trees
Dozens of users posted similar photos of themselves brandishing trash bags and armfuls of garbage that they had collected from their own smoking sanctuaries.
Didn't even take me 5 minutes to pick this up at a common smokespot. Let's keep the movement going! #StonerCleanupIniative from r/trees
The trend then gave birth to the #StonerCleanupInitiative hashtag, which is recruiting more and more participants every day.
Cleaned up my favorite smoke spot today #stonercleanupinitiative pic.twitter.com/8a5Qf0QNXE
— TheBestDank (@TheBestDank) August 4, 2018
Since the movement was created, hundreds more potheads have joined the initiative to keep Mother Earth a little cleaner – all while they get a little greener.
Keep it going guys, the nature needs us just as much as we need it #stonercleanupinitiative pic.twitter.com/RSTcpi3p1M
— TheBestDank (@TheBestDank) August 2, 2018
Even non-smokers have lauded the movement, with one Twitter user saying “Regardless of whether you agree with smoking weed, I think this is really nice.”
Boyfriend says you gotta leave a place looking better than you found it. Beer cans, cigarette butts, and various other trash. Also a mountain dew tied to a tree... #stonercleanupinitiative pic.twitter.com/ZCotd7PCa7
— TheBestDank (@TheBestDank) August 2, 2018