Healthcare workers can clean out their closets and contribute to sustainability by participating in the "Scrubs That Don’t Suck" program at the Houston Marriott Medical Center. From April 4 to April 6, medical professionals can drop off old scrubs and receive a $50 credit toward new FIGS scrubs. This initiative not only helps reduce textile waste—often overlooked in the healthcare industry—but also provides a convenient solution for workers to refresh their uniforms.

“I wear scrubs and a scrub cap,” said Abarca, an English teacher at James Madison High School in southwest Houston. That also marked the day she said the school’s principal sent her home because she refused to change her clothes. The most recent was Dec. 4, which also stipulated who decided dress code on campus. Abarca’s dress code debate isn’t the first battle of the like to brew on Madison’s campus. The dress code stated “shower caps” of any kind were not allowed and hair rollers were no longer permitted.