New BBC Show: No Waste Like Home

by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada on 08.21.05
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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has a new show hosted by Penney Poyzer (interview here, some of her tips here) titled "No Waste Like Home". The concept is a bit similar to many other home improvement/makeover shows, but in this case the aim is to make a house more efficient and a family more eco-friendly by giving tips on how to produce less waste and tread lighter on the planet. In the first episode, Penney managed "to reduce one family's household waste by 94% in just two weeks. She also helped them reduce food wastage by 60% and heating gas usage by 63% (which wasn't hard as they heated their house 24 hours a day at 28 degrees centigrade!!!). She managed to save the family of five £419 ($753) in two weeks the equivalent over a year of over £10,000 (nearly $20,000)."

::No Waste Like Home, ::Interview With Penney Poyzer, via ::The Alt-Energy Blog

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Comments (2)

The family featured in the first episode were so unfriendly to the environment, it was unbelievable! They were the champions of waste without even realizing it.

I hope all of the families are this bad; it means they can show us lots of "trade" tips.

jump to top James says:

please could you tell me where to get info on the wormery that was used in the first proggramme. I have looked everywhere without success.many thanks.

jump to top michele bassnett says:



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