Three Lanarkshire bars are taking part in a post-Christmas recycling scheme entitled “Tub2Pub” which will raise funds for a cancer charity.Hospitality group operators Greene King is inviting customers to hand in empty plastic confectionery containers for recycling at premises across the UK this month – including the Hungry Horse Barrbridge in Bargeddie, the Academical Vaults in Hamilton and Red Burn Farm in Blantyre.
The tubs will then be sent to a specialist facility to be recycled into granulated plastic for use in manufacturing, and which will be sold on with the profits going to Macmillan Cancer Support.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Greene King say “tens of millions” of tubs of chocolates, sweets and biscuits are sold in the UK each year, but that their polypropylene plastic contaners are often incinerated or landfilled instead of being recycled.They are working with recycling specialists Co-cre8 on the project; and with approximately eight pence per recycled tub going to charity partner, add that: “If every tub sold in the UK over the Christmas period was recycled this way, it would raise almost £400,000.”Supply chain director Vance Fairman-Smith said: “We’re really pleased to be able to provide this recycling service to communities across the country – it’s a win-win situation as we look
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