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Expandable shoes for children aim to cut landfill waste | Children’s clothes

It’s the Dragons’ Den pitch parents have been dreaming about: an expandable children’s shoe that fits long enough to be worn out, and it could soon be a high-street reality. The average young child needs new shoes every four months, a rapid and costly replacement cycle that sees Britons buy 80m pairs a year, most of which end up in …

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New York Gov. Hochul compares forcing children to wear masks in school with wearing shoes

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New York’s Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul compared children wearing face masks in schools due to coronavirus fears with wearing shoes.  “My daughter had a meltdown about having to put sneakers on to go to kindergarten,” the governor said Friday during a press conference after being asked about a timeline for removing mask …

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