Uncle Bulgaria and his litter-loving buddies knew way back in the seventies about the importance of recycling with their weird wombling way of turning junk into treasure but thankfully these days things are slightly more sophisticated on the eco front!

Indeed, stuff that's seen as a (refuse) sacking offence in one home, could actually equal a job offer in another. Allow us to introduce Morph - a thrifty, Shoreditch-based furniture store with Womble credentials.

Helping young people back into work by employing them to collect unwanted sofas, tables and chairs - all the things us everyday folk leave behind for the rubbish men - they refurbish and sell them on offering edgier interior design and a new patch of 'green' in London's urban scene.