No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore

Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by sevensor on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @12:36PM (#16169908)

What are you doing that eats up so many rags? I have a clothing downgrade cycle that goes from work, to yard work, to rags, and it keeps me adequately supplied, especially when supplemented by occasional worn-out linens.

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by mitchty on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:22PM (#16170323)

Work on old engines, the oil, grease, dust, grime, soot, and the rest of stuff that accumulates means lots of rags.

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by megaman22 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @01:58PM (#16170654)

I used to work at a power plant, and we would go through a pallet-sized box of rags every week or two. Grease, especially, eats them up

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by nradov on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:37PM (#16171562)

I'm curious what industrial facilities do with their used dirty rags. Can they be recycled or are they considered toxic waste?

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by megaman22 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @03:42PM (#16171598)

We threw them on the belt that fed into the boiler.

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Re:No One Wants Used Clothes Anymore by Spooky23 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @05:11PM (#16172508)

Cleaning. You can replace most uses of paper towels with rags.

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