Teddy surprised with gift made from thousands of tubs he saved from landfill
After a little boy saved thousands of candy bathtubs from a landfill, he won the nickname “Sweet Bathtub Teddy” and was given a bench made of his recycled plastic bathtub.
The six-year-old boy from Netley, Hampshire, collected over 2500 bathtubs through the TUB2PUB program to create outdoor furniture.
When he arrived at school on Thursday, he was surprised to find a “friend bench” on the playground.
“Everyone will make a difference, how small are you,” Teddy said.
A plaque on the purple seat reads: “Thanks to Teddy for your outstanding contributions to TUB2PUB 2025 for Greene King, Co-Cre8, DCW Polymer and Macmillan Cancer Support.”
Teddy’s hero is David Attenborough, Tell the BBC before He was “angry” when he found that the container could not be recycled in his family’s normal recycling bin.
Some UK authorities have the ability to recycle bathtubs through the Kerbside Collection, but Hampshire currently does not recycle bathtubs.
Teddy set out to collect bathtubs from people’s houses and bins and write to his school, which in turn writes to his parents.
With the help of mom Laura, he posted posters on the local business and asked his grandpa to tip locally, asking them to save any bathtubs that people bin.
A Facebook post by Teddy describes himself as “the eco-warrior on missions” and tells how “thousands of (bathtubs) going to landfills or oceans can help gain further momentum.
“Amazing effort”
Georgia Harlow from Co-Cre8 said Teddy “represents the public and the desire to recycle”, adding that he is a “a wonderful example of what can be achieved”.
“The bench we donated to Teddy’s school is not only to appreciate his amazing efforts, but also to show how he helped turn the plastic bathtub that might otherwise have been discarded as general waste into a new, useful product that will be used in the school for many years,” she said.
The day before, Teddy visited a recycling facility to learn how to make outdoor furniture using plastic collected through the plan.
You know what they say every day is the day of study – in the DCW Polymer warehouse in Exeter, Teddy is still studying even though he is not in school.
Teddy helped the staff load the sweet bathtub onto the conveyor belt, which made them chopped.
The chopped material is then mixed with the UV additive to avoid sun bleaching.
It is then heated and pushed into the mold, then cut into wood, and the upstairs are fed into the furniture.
As part of the program, Teddy’s bathtub was first taken to the Shamblehurst Barn Pub and moved to the Plastic Treatment Center.
“Teddy collected over 2,500 bathtubs this year for Greene King’s Tub2Pub campaign.
“We are all proud of his amazing efforts and love to host a celebration meal for Teddy and his family.
“It’s great that he cares a lot about the environment and is happy to see how the bathtubs rescued from the landfill are recycled as benches for the school.
“Teddy did a good job, everyone from Green King!”
