Big Goodgym Stockport welcome to Natalie and Fred!

On a banger of an evening, 6 Goodgym firecrackers met at Life Leisure to run the ~3 km to Merseyway shopping centre, and specifically to Plastic Shed.

After the uphill run through Edgeley, on yet another home Stockport County FC game night, we were sparkling with perspiration and eager to put the Catherine Wheels in motion to sort through some plastic bottle tops... little did we know that we were needed for a much more en-lightening task.

Hidden away in yet another hidy hole, where nearly 1 million sorted lids are also stored, was a mountain of plastic bags 5 feet high with other soft plastic that had been donated over the years. Our task was to separate them into colours and remove any unwanted plastic that their equipment would struggle with.

Over an hour and 10 min later, we broke the back of the pile of plastic, leaving only embers of shredded plastic at the end. The task really ignited our desire to reduce plastic use and we have a good idea of the most popular bread brands in the area - Warburton's Danish White coming in top place.

We may be back soon! Keep an eye on their Instagram too for more pics of the task.

I volunteered as a barcode scanner at Burnage parkrun for event #557. There were 238 runners and 23 volunteers this week.