'I work on Stacey Solomon's Sort Your Life Out and this is where the clutter ends up'

Stacey Solomon's Sort Your Life Out co-star, professional organiser Dilly Carter, has shared what really happens to all of the clutter taken from the guest's homes. The popular BBC programme sees Stacey and her team of specialists assisting families in decluttering their homes and refreshing their living spaces, making them feel brand new again.

After families have cleared their possessions from their properties, they are displayed across an enormous warehouse facility at North Weald Airfield in Essex. It is there they determine which items they wish to sell, retain, recycle, or give to charity. This is a moment that left BBC Radio 4 presenter Adrian Chiles baffled when he spoke with declutterer Dilly in March. He said: "The genuine problem I have is that I just don't want things to end up in landfill. I don't want to sell stuff, I'm happy to give stuff away, and on the programme, there's a whole section where it says donate, sell, recycle, but there's no section that says landfill. But some of it must end up in landfill?"

Dilly replied: "Do you know what? It doesn't because we are very careful with what we recycle. Everything nowadays can be recycled, even when we go to our local refuse centres, there are sections for absolutely everything and it does take thought, it does take consideration and it does take time.

"It also takes research, it takes planning, these are the things that put people off decluttering, and I really want people not to be put off decluttering."

Dilly continued by explaining that while the programme utilises an aircraft hangar, the concept can be replicated throughout your own home. She recommends "emptying completely" any space you are attempting to declutter and spreading everything out on the "largest space you have".

She says it is important to "always start with a blank space". Dilly explains it's "really hard" to sort while still amongst the clutter and acknowledges it can "cloud your mind".

She explained: "What we want to do is create a blank space so we can think, 'Right, what would I do differently if I was to reorganise this space'."

The star explained that you can then ask yourself what was working before and what needs to change in your space. She added: "That's why the power of the warehouse is so important because it shows us that when this house has been stripped back to a blank space, then we can look at it differently, in a different light."