Make rag rugs with them?

Cut out the good parts and make patchwork?

Glue sequins on and sell them as "upcycled" on Etsy for $150?

I keep a few old pairs of jeans to use for patching work-around-the-house jeans(and fishing jeans)and old shirts are cut up and put into a rag bag for household cleaning and for cutting into strips to tie up tomato plants.

I always cut up cotton clothes and put in the linen closet. They're great rags esp for messy jobs, we can just toss them after 1 use.

DH tried to grab a handful of brand-new microfiber cloths to clean up paint spills the other day, I replaced w/some old tees rags.

Jeans make good braided rugs, & I once saw the cutest placemats made out of braided denim strips.

There's always somebody wanting to make a blue jean quilt, so you can put them on freecycle or let a quilting group know about them;
these days, a lot of groups are making quilts for returning veterans, so you might try to find such a group.

(I'd call the newspaper;
somebody at the newspaper always knows about those kinds of projects!)

I agree;
old cotton clothes make the best rags!

& check with charity & thrift shops;
many of them have contracts or agreements with companies that re-cycle fabric.

I appreciate the comments but -- these old jeans have various colors of paint stains all over them

Jeans quilts are a great idea too.

Jollyrd, you may have to pitch them. But if you have to, keep in mind, you've gotten your moneys worth out of them & aren't being wasteful, which it seems you're trying to avoid. I applaud your efforts on that!

Oh, please! Just throw them out! The paint stains make them useless as rags - too stiff.

You have used them, used them well, and seriously used them up. They're done.

Let them go.

Even with the paint stains, they can make adequate cleaning rags for tough jobs. Use them for cleaning up paint spi8lls and paint brushes?

I would use them for 'decorative' patching/appliques on other worn jeans.