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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Why trash in some LA neighborhoods still sits on the curb

Some parts of Los Angeles don’t smell very good these days. That’s because piles of garbage are sitting on the street rotting. The city changed its trash collection policy. Now some companies aren’t picking it up.

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By Madeleine Brand • Aug 21, 2017 • 1 min read

Some parts of Los Angeles don’t smell very good these days. That’s because piles of garbage are sitting on the street rotting. The city changed its trash collection policy. Now some companies aren’t picking it up.

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