United Southern Waste (USW) has been the leader in recycling what others throw away since 1914. USW is a family owned, global supplier of used clothing and wiping rags. USW creates value out of used textiles that would have otherwise been throw away. USW collects used clothing from across the U.S., carefully sorts through them, separates them into different types and qualities of clothing, and sends the wearable clothing to developing countries all over the world. Byproducts of the non-wearable clothing become rags, which are sold domestically to a multitude of industries.