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Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by mellavora on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:08PM (#32998933)
> While clothing can be repurposed to cleaning rags I suppose,

Not anymore, when almost all clothing is partly synthetic. If it isn't 100% cotton or 100% wool, it is probably going straight to a landfill.

Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by bombcar on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:57PM (#33000330)
You can find online the absolute bales of clothing crap Goodwill et all throw away; people use them as a dumping ground for garbage so they don't have to feel bad about it.
Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance by euroderf on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:19AM (#33008258)
I thought most donated clothing ends up going to "the rag trade".