There is a company that buys all old jeans that it can and ships them to Japan, where they sell for $100+ a pair.
Heh. Not too many Japanese with a butt my size. Sumo Wrestlers, maybe.
These were so worn out - the pockets were so thin and frayed as to be unrepairable - that no one would want them anyway.
That's why I dumped them, whatever went in the pockets would immediately wind up on top of my foot. Annoying. The jeans were just getting comfortable. :-)