This task was a bit of an experiment after we read about Tub2Pub, a recycling campaign run by Greene King Pubs to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support and recycle plastics. It sounded like a great idea so we hatched a plan...

One of our GoodGymers put out a call for local residents to leave out their empty tubs for us to gather up and take to the nearest pub collection point.

We are talking Heroes, Celebrations, Quality Street, Roses, and cream crackers - the tubs that fill supermarket shelves in the run up to Christmas. It was a bit of a gamble that people would still have them so long after the festive season, and we set out not really knowing if there would be any waiting for us!

It wasn't a good start - no tubs in the first couple of roads. But then we spotted the first one and gradually accumulated more.

In the end we handed over a stack of about 25 tubs at the pub, having also enjoyed a brisk walk covering about 5km.

The pubs send the tubs for recycling. They are shredded and when the Tub2Pub plastic is sold, the money goes to Macmillan Cancer Support.

That's an hour of our evening spent combining social exercise 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️, fresh air, helping the planet ♻️ and an amazing charity 💚. What's not to like?

Next year we'll set things up earlier and hope to collect even more.