A Japanese university student has created a game that turns trash picking on the streets into a fun team competition, aiming to take it overseas to clean up the global environment.
Yuto Kitamura came up with the idea of Seisochu, in which points are awarded based on the type and weight of litter collected within a set time, after realizing picking up trash is like "a treasure hunt."
Shocked by online images of beaches overflowing with garbage, Kitamura started to pick up trash on his own three years ago while as a high school student and became excited when he found washed up items from foreign countries.