'Cutting down on clothing emissions is good for the climate but also reusing uniforms is good for families’ budgets.'
Citywide reuse of school uniforms is being explored by the council to help reduce waste and help families struggling amid a cost of living crisis.
“Cutting down on clothing emissions is good for the climate but also reusing uniforms is good for families’ budgets,” he said.He highlighted work by Glasgow City Parents Group with social enterprise ApparelXchange on a uniform reuse project, and asked the education convener to “agree in principle to introducing a citywide strategy to make sure every child in every school has the ability to benefit from a school uniform”.
Climate conference COP26 had “provided a vehicle for our schools to engage in further discussion around this issue”, she added, with reuse projects “part of ongoing dialogue and learning for all”. ApparelXchange, a sustainable fashion social enterprise, which has a shop on Nithsdale Street, is providing free school uniform packages to families, who can apply at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc3RjJvaVLEfeem23gWQTgoFEnhUajZF9HPKgXsFEINIfgPig/viewformCllr Cannon told the full council meeting that the education department has “engaged for many years across schools and early years centres in work on the cost of the school day”.
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