Up Next
Back to Show
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!"
Sign up now for inspiring and thought-provoking media delivered straight to your inbox.
27:29
A man's search for his missing wife who suffers from early onset Alzheimers reveals gaps in the system meant to locate and care for the mentally impaired in California. "SoCal Connected" documents the journey to answer, where's Nancy?
27:15
Public street disrepair is costing Los Angeles millions in costly personal injury claims.
26:59
They’re tiny, weaponized, and carry a potentially deadly payload. They’re called “Assassin Bugs” and they can be as common as the backyard mosquito or as exotic as the so-called “kissing bug"--and they're here in Southern California, spreading some of the
24:49
SoCal Connected's Deepa Dernandes questions Santa Barbara landlord Dario Pini.
24:30
Examine L.A.'s unregulated short-term housing market and an indoor marijuana facility employing veterans.
26:59
A look at the spike in the number of employers retaliating against undocumented workers.
28:29
As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'
