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    The challenges of composting in LA

    Angelenos can reduce their carbon footprints by composting, but finding a place to do that is tough.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jan 16, 2020 • 24m Listen

    Angelenos can reduce their carbon footprints by composting, but finding a place to do that is tough. The nonprofit Compost LA maintains community gardens where residents can drop off food scraps, but many are at capacity, and cities have different rules on what’s allowed to go into certain bins.

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      Composting in LA isn’t as easy as it sounds

      The nonprofit Compost LA maintains community gardens where residents can drop off food scraps, but many are at capacity, and cities have different rules on what’s allowed to go into certain bins.

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      9 min
    2. 9:20

      How unionizing could change the lucrative video game industry

      Around Southern California and at other tech hubs nationwide, video game workers (and other tech workers) are trying to unionize. Emma Kinema co-founded Game Workers Unite! , and she organizes the LA and Orange County chapters.

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      8 min
    3. 17:49

      ‘Parasite’ house is an example of modernist architecture

      “ Parasite ,” a black comic thriller by South Korean director Bong Joon Ho, recently earned several Oscar nominations, including Best Production Design. A house is a central character in the movie.

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      7 min
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    In this episode

    3 stories
    1. 0:009 min

      Composting in LA isn’t as easy as it sounds

    2. 9:208 min

      How unionizing could change the lucrative video game industry

    3. 17:497 min

      ‘Parasite’ house is an example of modernist architecture

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