School Uniforms Made from Trash; Marmite Banned in Wales Breakfast Clubs

The London-based department store Marks & Spencer has announced intentions to sell a school uniform made completely from recycled garbage.  The recycled blazers, skirts, and pants are made from plastic bottles that have been washed, melted, refined, and finally woven into a polyester material.  Marks & Spencer is even making shoes from chopped up leather shavings to complete the recycled uniform.”Using recycled materials helps to conserve the earth’s natural resources and protect the environment for future generations,” a Marks & Spencer spokesperson said.

A school council in Wales has expressly prohibited students at the 51 schools it oversees from eating Marmite on toast for breakfast.  The ban comes from the fact that bread spread Marmite, a bread spread popular in England and Australia (but that most Americans and Canadians find disgusting) contains too much salt.  Marmite used to be offered along with jam and marmalade at school breakfast clubs, but it now has all but disappeared.  A spokesperson for the Wales council said that the breakfast clubs should be trying to improve the health and concentration of students, and that anything they serve should be healthy and nutritionally balanced.  The spokesperson insisted that the ban was issued for the product’s high level of salt, not because he finds Marmite gross.  However, the Marmite website claims that the spread is actually healthy, saying “It’s because we add a special vitamin blend to Marmite, enhancing the naturally nutritious yeast that’s already there, that you can be sure Marmite’s good for you.”