About EcoRando
EcoRando maps litter left on hiking trails, lets you record what you were able to carry out, and shows what remains to be done. An independent project, with no advertising, no data resale and no trackers.
Pick up first, report what is beyond you
It all starts before you leave, with a bin bag folded at the bottom of your pack. It weighs a few grams and only makes itself felt on the way back, full; without one you spot the litter without being able to carry it out, and the application is reduced to taking note.
Most of the time the same person finds the litter and carries it out: they state what they saw and what they took, and the report closes in the same visit. Nothing waits for a confirmation — waiting would mean leaving behind what was already in hand.
The rest is there for what is beyond one person: a load too heavy, a dangerous approach. It is then reported, possibly marked “out of reach”, and other walkers come and empty it — together if the volume calls for it.
A partial pickup is a real result, not a half-measure: it is recorded as such, and the report stays open for the next person. A dump too heavy for one person is marked “out of reach” — the most useful thing to pass on to a local authority or an association.
Why points do not reward volume
A points system tells its users what it values. If it pays by volume collected, it ultimately pays for how much litter there is — and that is precisely the one variable a bad actor can manufacture.
EcoRando therefore applies three simple rules. A pickup is worth a fixed amount, whatever the quantity. Picking up your own report earns nothing, unless somebody else confirmed the report and time has passed — the “I came back with a bag” case. And what you earn cannot be exchanged for anything: no prizes, no leaderboard, only levels and, past a threshold, the ability to help with moderation.
The direct consequence: dropping litter in order to pick it up earns nothing, and dropping more earns no more.
What the service does not do
It publishes no ranking of people, no movement history, and offers no way to name anyone: you report a place, never a person.
Positions published on the map are only accurate to within 25 metres. The exact position is used for internal calculations and does not leave the service.
The map
The base map comes from the SubAlpine.IT geospatial service, hosted on the same infrastructure. No third-party service is called from your browser: no IP address is passed to a map provider.
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Contact
Questions, reports, requests: contact@subalpine.it.