Effective date: 15 July 2026 · Last updated: 5 August 2026
This is the agreement between you and PICK — an independent project run by Jake Verbiest — covering what you can expect from the app and what PICK expects from you. By creating an account or using PICK, you're agreeing to these terms.
PICK tracks litter-cleanup walks: it uses your phone's motion sensors and GPS to estimate the trash you pick up and map your route, so you can see your history, set goals, and optionally join a team or a challenge.
Pickup counts, weights, and distances are automated estimates, not precise measurements — see the accuracy note below.
Picking up litter involves real-world hazards, and you're solely responsible for your own safety while doing it. Stay aware of traffic and your surroundings, don't use the app while crossing streets or in unsafe areas, wear gloves, and never handle needles, chemicals, biohazards, or anything else dangerous — report those to your local authorities instead. Children must be supervised by an adult at all times. PICK is a tracking tool only; it gives no safety guidance or warnings about any location or item.
You need to be at least 13 (or the minimum age where you live) to create an account. Keep your credentials secure — you're responsible for what happens on your account. You can delete your account at any time; see the Privacy Policy for exactly what that removes.
Don't use PICK to falsify cleanup data or manipulate leaderboards, harass other pickers, trespass on private property, interfere with the app or other users' accounts, or break the law. We may suspend or remove accounts that do.
You own your cleanup data. Using PICK means granting a limited license to store and process it so the app can work — showing your history, aggregated zone-level coverage on the public map, and (if you're on a team) your stats to teammates. Full detail on who sees what lives in the Privacy Policy.
Scores, badges, streaks, and rankings carry no monetary value and may be recalculated, adjusted, or reset — for example to correct a detection error or remove falsified data.
Pickup counts, weights, and distances come from phone sensors and GPS, run through a calibration model. They're meant to motivate you and to add up honestly across the community — not to serve as a measurement you'd rely on for anything official.
PICK is a one-person project, actively developed and still in beta. Features can change, break, or disappear, and — despite our best efforts — data can occasionally be lost. PICK is provided "as is," without warranties of any kind. To the extent the law allows it, our total liability for any claim is capped at what you've paid us in the past 12 months, which is currently $0, since PICK is free.
If these terms change in a way that meaningfully affects you, the date at the top will change and you'll be told in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use PICK after that means you accept the update.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules.
Questions about these terms: hello@pickglobal.org