Reply #34: recycle them for cleaning?

[Retrograde]

especially if they're cotton. When t-shirts get to the point where they're as much hole as fabric I cut them up and use them for dusting, polishing, cleaning up after the cats, washing the car, etc. Polyester and blends don't work as well, and wools are right out. Sheets are great for covering furniture and floors if you have to paint, or want to keep cat hair off the "people" furniture. Old towels are good for sick animals.

They'll eventually wind up in a landfill, most likely, but they'll have gotten some more use and you won't have to buy as much special purpose cleaning stuff.