If your wire hangers are old or of poor quality, rough metal or snapping supports can easily tear through the fabric, rendering your clothing obsolete. It is not worth the hassle for the sake of ...

Unless, of course, you repurpose them to keep your favorite snacks fresh. Tisha the Crazy Working Mom took wire clippers to her baby clothes hangers and turned them into chip clips. Genius!

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Not only do a great many hangers use metal hooks, but most have tissue paper, foam, fabric and bits of soft clear plastic (all imported garments arrive in plastic bags) still stuck to them.

The Drycleaning and Laundry Institute launched a nationwide campaign to reuse or recycle as many metal hangers as possible. Just last year, 25 million hangers were saved from going into landfills.

Stock pile metal/wire coat hangers. If you can get them free even better. Less out of pocket expenses for selling your items the more profit you'll make. It's just like overhead.