Clothing

(See also List of types of clothing and Clothing terminology)

The life-cycle of clothing

Used, no-longer-wearable clothing was once desirable raw material for

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quilts, rag rugs, bandages, and many other household uses. It could also be recycled into paper. Now it is usually just tossed into the trash. Used but still wearable clothing can be sold at consignment shops, flea markets, online auction, or just donated to charity. Charities usually skim the best of the clothing to sell in their own thrift stores, then sell the rest to merchants who bale it up and ship it to poor Third-World countries, where vendors bid for the bales and then make what profit they can selling used clothing.

Related Topics:
Quilt - Rag rug - Bandage - Paper - Consignment shop - Flea market - Online auction - Thrift store - Third-World

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