New analysis reveals that parents in Wales are throwing away 40,000 wearable school uniforms each year because they have been outgrown. With the average school uniform consisting of 32 percent polyester, or similar synthetic fibres, that’s the equivalent of 10 tonnes of plastic going to landfill each year, making up 3 percent of the 354 tonnes of uniform discarded annually across the UK. To put this into perspective, leading name label manufacturer, My Nametags, commissioned a series of images demonstrating…