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A recent study found that the average mum and dad will put on 1,248 washes during each academic year costing them £20.60 in energy bills each time

It costs parents £150 a year to buy their kids' school uniform items - and an extra £20 a year in energy costs to wash them, as well as £45 a year on tumble dryer cycles

This costs parents nearly £150 each academic year - as well as a whopping £924.70 over their childs school life, just on the energy costs of washing and drying uniform items.