What do you do to the old clothes that cant be used anymore? In our places old clothes are usually burnt or dumped  and only few  are reused as rag rug and for cleaning(floor,vehicles,utencils etc).Burning and dumping both have adverse effect to the environment.Depending upon the type of clothes most of them are not biodegradable and very harmful to the environment,for example nylon and polyster.( http://www.greenchoices.org/green-living/clothes/environmental-impacts)

    Last week while I was on the way to my village I came to know about recent establishment of a small cottage industry which recycles old clothes.I was glad to know about it and hence went there on 9^th October.They have been using old clothes to make mattress.According to them they recycle about 50 kg to 100 kg clothes everyday.One mattress can be made from about 5 kg or more material as per the requirement .For recycling clothes are first cut into small pieces and then they are converted into cotton like form as they are passed through  the machine.Later the cotton like mass are used to form mattress.The people around were very happy to exchange their old clothes with new mattress though they have to pay some money because mattress made up of pure cotton or fibers are more expensive.

    This recycling process has not only fulfilled peoples need at less cost but it has helped the environment from being deteriorated by the otherwise wasted old,ripped,unwearable clothes.Nothing is valueless and maybe it's one side is harmful but we've got to explore for the other useful side and make use of everything that?s on the planet for the good of the planet.