For Vancouver runner David Papineau, getting out the door to exercise involves putting on his shoes but also grabbing gloves, tongs and a plastic bag.
For the past year, the 53-year-old long distance runner has collected discarded masks, wipes and gloves — pandemic tools left as litter — as he takes excursions across the city, some as long as four hours.
During a Sunday run through the city, Papineau told CBC News that he decided to start picking up masks and other pandemic garbage as he got increasingly bored with pandemic life and had few races to train for.
Papineau says that he’s picked up more than
