Throng

The award winning WA$TED! team attempts to encourage two sporting brothers to keep the planet as healthy as they keep their bodies in WA$TED!, screening Tuesday, March 11th at 8pm on 3.

The Reed brothers may be keeping their bodies toned; however the planet and their pockets are suffering from their bottled water addiction and single serve lifestyle.

Although the idea of bottled water causing serious financial strain may seem hard to believe, on average New Zealanders spend over $20 million every year on bottled water. This statistic seems even more unbelievable when considering that our tap water is fresh and germ free.

Bottled water is up to 1,000 times more expensive than water from the tap and is often even more expensive than petrol, but not only is it costing the brothers serious cash, the plastic it comes in is costing the planet.

Living rurally the Cleaves family dispose off all their rubbish, even old TVs and lawnmowers, into a hole in the ground (dump hole), on the local hit series WA$TED!, screening Tuesday, March 4th at 8pm on 3.
About dump holes:

80% of New Zealanders have access to kerbside recycling which means the other 20% have to dispose of recyclables in other ways. Farming folk have been using “dump holes” or “farm landfills” for generations and often throw all their rubbish in there, including the stuff that could have been recycled.

Not only is this a waste of materials that could be made into new products, but unlike managed landfills which are lined with concrete or clay, dump holes don’t stop toxic chemicals from leaching out, polluting soil and waterways.

Now eco experts, Francesca Price and Tristan Glendinning will dig up a South Island families dump hole to make them face up to the concoction of chemicals they’ve been pouring into the land.

Join presenters Francesca Price and Tristan Glendinning as they visit another 10 households to reveal their horrific impact on the planet and work to help transform them into clean green havens, saving them a load of cash in the process.

Premieres Tuesday 5th Feb at 8pm on TV3.

The award winning WA$TED! team is back with another series proving you don’t have to be extreme to be green in WA$TED! premiering Tuesday, February 5th at 8pm on 3.

This season will see eco experts, Francesca Price and Tristan pushing out ideals to get people thinking and giving viewers something to aspire too.
“This series we explore issues like the carbon footprint of red meat, the toxic legacy of plastic toys and even the amount of toilet paper we use! All of this can save money too, in fact the families this year have almost all saved more cash than last year,” Francesca explains.

Francesca and Tristan will visit another 10 households - revealing their horrific impact on the planet and transforming them into clean green havens, saving them a load of cash in the process.

Where many Kiwis now have their recycling and standby power under control, most don’t know that’s just the beginning of the waste in their lives.

TV3’s WA$TED! has been recognized internationally at the world’s most prestigious television market in Cannes, winning the Best Observational Format. The awards are judged through industry vote by television executives and commissioners around the world.

The 10 part series, which broadcast earlier in the year, focuses on changes households can make to reduce their impact on the planet and their wallets. A second series is currently in production for 2008.

If you and your family would like to be on the show, not only will you be doing your bit for the planet but you’ll also save cold hard cash!

To apply either contact Rachel at the production office on (09) 377 6267 or download the application form at the following websites: wastedtv.co.nz or tv3.co.nz/Programmes/Wasted

WA$TED!
Meet New Zealand’s own Sex And The City girls
Tuesday, April 17th at 8pm

The WA$TED! team confront New Zealand’s own Sex And the City girls, who have the ultimate throwaway lifestyle consuming takeaways, cosmetics, power and water like they’re going out of fashion, screening Tuesday, April 17th at 8pm.

Material girls Patrina, Marika and Kirsty are blissfully unaware they are fast destroying their very own material world.

They love nothing more than shopping and caking on cosmetics before going out, but at what cost to themselves and the environment?

Not only do they turf out tonnes of takeaway trash and cosmetics packaging, but they are also living in a luxury, yet energy-zapping home which is costing them $700 a month in power alone.

Eco-expert Francesca Price and bio builder Tristan Glendinning have the hard task of reducing their power bill and showing them that their daily cosmetics include the same ingredient found in embalming fluid – something that could be affecting them and the environment.

WA$TED!
The farming tradition of burning waste has to stop!
Tuesday, April 10th at 8pm

The WA$TED! team takes on four generations of farming traditions to make this dairy farm and its occupants more environmentally friendly, on this week’s WA$TED! screening Tuesday, April 10th at 8pm.

For newly-wed dairy farmers Ritchie and Abbie and their kids, burning their rubbish has been the way of life on this farm for 80 years - little do they know that it’s polluting the very land they live off.

By burning their waste, Ritchie and Abbie are sending dangerous dioxins into air which is returning to their land and poisoning the soil they rely on for their livelihood.

Lucky the members of the WA$TED! team aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and help this farming family save a bucket full of cash through recycling, growing vegetables, composting and cutting back on power usage.

Eco-expert Francesca Price and bio builder Tristan Glendinning don gumboots to show this family how to preserve their land and lifestyle by replacing the burning pit with a bin system, installing a heat transfer system and finding solutions to their two energy-sapping fridges.