The average lifetime of a garment is estimated to be for a period of three years. After the time period, they are thrown away as old clothes. Even useful garments are discarded as they are no longer fashionable, or desirable. A report states that more than one million tones of textiles are condemned every year. Huge quantities of old clothing end up in the landfill instead of being recycled and reused. Of the house hold garbage, textiles make about 3 percent by weight. Textile wastes also arise during the process of yarn and fabric manufacture, garment making, etc. They are called as post industrial wastes. All this thrown clothing has a potential for recycling and reuse. 80 percent of the textiles that are thrown away can be recycled and used again, whereas, currently only 25 percent is being recycled. Less than 5 percent of all the garments that is thrown in the bin actually end up as waste.