Upcycling is most commonly seen in fashion, and rightfully so, since the average American throws out 70 pounds of textiles every year. The clothes that don’t end up in a landfill often land at thrift shops, and if said shops deem your Forever 21 neon crop top to be “unsellable,” your garbage bag of impulse purchases is shipped to developing countries. Those familiar with fast fashion know the irony here: the cheap clothes we’re all throwing out were originally made in these countries by workers subjected to poor conditions and toxic materials.

To fight this problem, people and companies everywhere are using their sewing machines as weapons against waste and making these unwanted clothes cherishable again. Clothing manufacturers like Levi’s and Patagonia are asking us to send our products back so they can be refurbished and given another life. Retail giants are debuting upcycled lines, like ASOS Reclaimed Vintage and Urban Renewal. One brand, The Big Favorite, was created to be fully circular, meaning their products were meant to come back to where they came from, like Homeward Bound for textiles. The kicker: they make underwear. That’s right people, there’s officially no excuse for any textile to ever be wasted again.