Give uniforms a second chance

Many uniforms worn by college students during military training are discarded after being used for the two-week compulsory training program. This is a huge waste given that a large number of students enter college each year in China. It's time colleges made better use of these uniforms, says an article on guancha.gmw.cn. Excerpts:

Chinese colleges admit about 7 million students each year, who spend more than $100 million on their uniforms for military drills which they use for just a fortnight.

A recent survey conducted by Beijing News revealed that most of the uniforms end up in the garbage after two weeks. This is a huge waste of resources in a country where about one in every six people survives on less than $1.25 a day, the poverty line set by the World Bank.