Junk Raiders (2009)

Country

Canada

How it feels

A team of professionals renovates a space quickly and on a very small budget. They find most of their materials by collecting unwanted items for free.

fast-pacedresourcefulupbeatpracticaldo-it-yourselfcreativeefficient

What happens

Junk Raiders is a Canadian reality television series that debuted in 2009 on The Discovery Channel and ION Life. The series follows the titular Junk Raiders, a team of professionals who attempt to renovate a designated space over a short period of time, and with a relatively low budget. Because of the extremely limited budgets, many of the materials needed must be found by freecycling: finding something unwanted for free and reusing it. For the production of the series, the team had commissioned a "junk hot-line", urging Torontonians to donate any garbage that they could use. In addition, as looking through other peoples' trash is illegal in Toronto, the show also has a special exemption that allows the team to do just that. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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