{"id":3472,"date":"2025-03-06T03:19:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/?post_type=article&#038;p=3472"},"modified":"2025-03-06T03:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T03:19:45","slug":"uniform-exchange","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/oxley\/article\/uniform-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"Uniform Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An initiative of the Sustainable Futures Group<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/84\/2025\/03\/piles-of-used-clothes-267x150.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s estimated that each year Australian schools send around 2,000 tonnes of uniforms to landfill.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" id=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; To address this, Oxley\u2019s Sustainable Futures Group is planning a uniform exchange on Tuesday 25 March 2025 (Week 9A) in the PCC from 3.45pm-5.30pm. This date has been selected as it is ahead of the winter sports season and ahead of the change to winter uniform in Term 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How will it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clean and current uniform items can be dropped off at reception between 8.00am and 4.00pm Monday to Friday commencing Monday 10 March.&nbsp; Please refer to the online shop (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxley.nsw.edu.au\/community\/uniform-shop\">Click here for the Uniform Shop<\/a>) for details of current uniform.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Items must have the uniform exchange label clearly visible and fixed to the outside of the bag containing the items for the exchange.\u00a0The uniform exchange label can be found here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oxley.nsw.edu.au\/community\/news\">Oxley News | Oxley College<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the spirit of the event, no money will change hands.&nbsp; No items will be accepted after 4.00pm Friday 21 March.&nbsp; Also, any unnamed items of lost property in Student Services not claimed by this date will be added to the items for exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PCC doors will open at 3.45pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3.45pm-4.30pm is only for those families who have contributed items to the exchange<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4.30pm \u2013 5.30pm for all others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please email <a href=\"mailto:sustainability@oxley.nsw.edu.au\">sustainability@oxley.nsw.edu.au<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" id=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbs.com.au\/news\/podcast-episode\/annie-repurposes-old-school-uniforms-and-has-so-far-kept-100-tonnes-out-of-landfill-heres-how\/jndfwh2n4\">Annie repurposes old school uniforms and has so far kept 100 tonnes out of landfill. Here\u2019s how | SBS News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An initiative of the Sustainable Futures Group It\u2019s estimated that each year Australian schools send around 2,000 tonnes of uniforms to landfill.[1]&nbsp;&nbsp; To address this, Oxley\u2019s Sustainable Futures Group is planning a uniform exchange on Tuesday 25 March 2025 (Week 9A) in the PCC from 3.45pm-5.30pm. 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