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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Turf Terminators: How much bang for your buck?

    When the drought was front and center in the minds of Californians, many Angelenos replaced their lawns with more drought-tolerant landscaping. To do this, many used a company called Turf Terminators. In less than two years, the company removed millions of square feet of grass from about 12,000 lawns in and around LA.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Oct 11, 2016 • 1 min read

    When the drought was front and center in the minds of Californians, many Angelenos replaced their lawns with more drought-tolerant landscaping. To do this, many used a company called Turf Terminators. In less than two years, the company removed millions of square feet of grass from about 12,000 lawns in and around LA. But since then, customers and environmentalists have complained about the quality of their work and how eco-friendly it really is. Press Play producer Anna Scott wrote recently about the company’s rise and fall for Bloomberg Businessweek.

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      Madeleine Brand

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      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Are Russian hackers leaking false stories to sway the US election?
    1. 0:30Are hackers to blame for Trump’s false Blumenthal, Benghazi link?
    2. 13:00With 6th year of drought ahead, California is slipping on conservation
    3. 19:39Turf Terminators: How much bang for your buck?You’re reading this
    4. 28:37Beyond the berets and guns, the softer side of the Black Panthers
    5. 43:09This real clown is not happy about the creepy clown hysteria
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