Earth Day recently took place and people around the world helped for the day to make the world a better place. Pokemon GO players also joined in with this valiant effort and a staggering 17,000 participants managed to collect a total of 145 tonnes of rubbish that had sadly been inappropriately discarded. If you wish to read more about this excellent endeavour then click here!
- 176 NGO hosted events & 300 player hosted events
- 41 countries & 6 continents
- 17,000 players volunteered 41,000 hours
- 145 tons of trash was collected
- Partnered with 46 NGOs
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Wow! 145 tons of trash AND 145 tonnes of rubbish! What a coincidence!
(No I’m not actually stupid)
Tonnes and Rubbish is for non-Americans and Tons and Trash is for us Americans.
Rubbish is used in America =b tonnes is a metric ton or a teragram (1,000 Kilograms).
American Tons is 2000 lbs. It’s one of those things where a ton was made by Europe long before they officially adopted the metric system and they kept the word around. Sorta how the British pound is supposed to be 1 pound of silver and they still say poind even though they don’t use pounds as a measurement anymore o3o
1 tonne is equal to 1.102 tons. So it would be 159.79 tons of trash
It’s a big load of rubbish basically!
Please remember to recycle its easy and helps a ton !