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What should I do with permanently stained clothes? Resist the urge to throw them out. Stains on a beloved sweater or pair of jeans can be covered with embroidery or appliqués, Joyner Martinez said.

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Saving clothes from the landfill. Clothes that are rejected by thrift stores and would otherwise go to the landfill are sent to rag houses: huge warehouses covered floor-to-ceiling in garments. ...

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Lindsay Scarrow gives clothes that others have rejected a new life. Her pieces come from a rag house, which diverts millions of pounds of clothing away from the landfill each year.