But after all that, where do those clothes go? Apparently, as pointed out by The New Republic, they end up in "rag yards," which serve both as a graveyard for old clothing, and the beginning of a ...

The clothes are then sorted on an industrial scale and usually end up one of three places: recycled into rags and wiping cloths, baled and shipped to the developing world, or, for the items deemed ...

Sixty vendors representing the used clothing, wiping materials and fiber conversion industries are gathered to get the word out that they even want your rags. Jackie King is SMART’s Executive ...