Pirika - clean the world

Pirika is the world's most popular litter collection and social contribution app! With Pirika, you can visualize your litter-picking activities, interact with others, and motivate each other to help create a cleaner world together. Litter pollution in nature has become a global issue. The litter that ends up in rivers and oceans is especially problematic, as it not only destroys ecosystems but also impacts us humans by contaminating our food chain. In fact, 80% of the litter in the seas comes from land, so picking up litter is a crucial step in addressing pollution. Would you like to join Pirika, the litter collection app from Japan, in tackling this massive challenge? Pirika was secretly developed in 2011 by students at Kyoto University using university equipment. In the beginning, they were often laughed at—"Who would use such a service?"—but now, the app is used in 111 countries and has helped collect over 210 million pieces of litter. Awards Winner of the "Minister of the Environment" Award at the 1st Green Startup Awards, 2021 Winner of the Orange Impact Challenge 2020 Best Performance Award at Rise Up Festa 2020 Media Coverage We've been featured on NHK, TV Tokyo, The Japan News, The Asahi Shimbun, Nikkei Asia, Yahoo News, and more. Pirika means "beautiful" in Ainu, the language of Japan's indigenous people.