diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
index 6023bcb..8e5c8e7 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 var CONST = require('../../const');
 
 /**
+ * TextureGarbageCollector. This class manages the GPU and ensures that it does not get clogged up with textures that are no longer being used.
+ *
  * @class
  * @memberof PIXI
  * @param renderer {PIXI.WebGLRenderer} The renderer this manager works for.
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@
 TextureGarbageCollector.prototype.constructor = TextureGarbageCollector;
 module.exports = TextureGarbageCollector;
 
+/**
+ * Checks to see when the last time a texture was used
+ * if the texture has not been used for a specified amount of time it will be removed from the GPU
+ */
 TextureGarbageCollector.prototype.update = function()
 {
     this.count++;
@@ -41,6 +47,10 @@
     }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Checks to see when the last time a texture was used
+ * if the texture has not been used for a specified amount of time it will be removed from the GPU
+ */
 TextureGarbageCollector.prototype.run = function()
 {
     var tm = this.renderer.textureManager;
@@ -76,3 +86,24 @@
         managedTextures.length = j;
     }
 };
+
+/**
+ * Removes all the textures within the specified displayObject and its children from the GPU
+ *
+ * @param displayObject {PIXI.DisplayObject} the displayObject to remove the textures from.
+ */
+TextureGarbageCollector.prototype.unload = function( displayObject )
+{
+    var tm = this.renderer.textureManager;
+
+    if(displayObject._texture)
+    {
+        tm.destroyTexture(displayObject._texture, true);
+    }
+
+    for (var i = displayObject.children.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+
+        this.unload(displayObject.children[i]);
+
+    };
+}