Outrageous Wasters is a British reality makeover television series produced by Betty TV in which each week a flagrantly energy-guzzling family is challenged to shape up and change their wasteful habits.
The series premiered in the UK on BBC Three on 21 August, 2007. There are four 60-minute episodes in the series.
Outrageous Wasters premiered in South Africa on DStv's The Home Channel on Monday 11 August 2008, at 16h00.
Repeats
Wednesdays: 20h00
Thursdays: 08h00
Fridays: 12h00
Synopsis
A crack team of eco-experts are on a mission to transform excessively wasteful families in this fun, yet informative and entertaining format.
In each episode "eco-experts" descend on a household of wasters to assess just how wasteful they are.
The family then spends a week living at "The House of Correction" - a purpose built eco-camp in the middle of nowhere - living without creature comforts and learning how to waste as little as possible and how to live off the land.
Meanwhile their home undergoes an eco-makeover designed to challenge their behaviour and inspire them to change their ways.
But when the family returns, will they embrace the changes to help the environment, and save money, or just live on as outrageous wasters?