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SoCal Connected
Dumpster Divers: Preventing Food Waste
A group of environmentalists from Highland Park are on a mission to save edibles that would have otherwise gone to waste.
These "dumpster divers" schedule regular dumpster diving tours, usually after normal shopping hours. Around midnight, the team makes it a mission to bring out the sanitary gloves and rummage through piles of unopened food from dumpsters throughout Southern California.
A recent U.S. Agriculture Department study found that of all the food produced for domestic consumption, 25 percent of it is thrown away.
Join host Val Zavala as she explores a growing subculture of dumpster divers in this episode of "SoCal Connected."
Featuring Interviews With:
- Eric Einem, dumpster diver
- Michel Breard, dumpster diver
- Jeremy Seifert, director/producer, "Dive!"