Well, sometimes they become ‘vintage’ or ‘collectable’ (1970s McDonalds workwear is selling for a goodly price on eBay) and sometimes it just gets dumped in rubbish bins or charity shops, but Festival Place shopping centre in Basingstoke has something else in mind.  Their old uniforms are to be recycled. More than 600 items, including:

350 shirts
140 pairs of trousers
50 jumpers and cardigans
20 Hi-Viz coats
30 Hi-Viz waistcoats
30 ties
60 fleeces
20 blazers
and four suits, have been collected. 
They will all be sent to Devizes Textile which will sort through the items, sending the best quality clothing to Africa to be reworn, and recycling the rest into items for industrial use. Danny Williamson, company partner at Devizes Textiles, was equally happy to help. He said, ‘This is the first shopping centre that we have worked with and we look forward to working with them in the future to help reduce Basingstoke’s landfill.’