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You and YoursCompensation for victims of faulty breast implants, and how to stop your Christmas tree becoming landfillClearing out for 2013 as people throw away the old in January.

We visited Southwark Council's Reuse & Recycle Centre to see what is no longer loved.

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A Bassett's Jelly Babies mug that's no longer wanted for a morning coffee and a dumped vase.

In the rubble that is recycled to become building aggregates and road building material.

  • The remains of Christmas. Trees ready for recycling and their new life as people clear out for 2013
  • The team working at the tip salvage items that could be reused.
  • Prams and pictures looking for a new home.
  • If you're clearing out, the tip has a home for everything.
  • Throwing away the Christmas Tree as another Norway Spruce becomes destitute.
  • Sorting the new arrivals.
  • A Bassett's Jelly Babies mug that's no longer wanted for a morning coffee and a dumped vase.
  • Toys sent to the graveyard.

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