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  • (upbeat disco music)

  • - Compost!

  • Hi, I'm Jamie.

  • - Hey, I'm Monique and we are Compostable.

  • - (cross-talk) We're Compostable LA.

  • (both laugh)

  • - That went really well.

  • - [Both] And we're Compostable LA.

  • - So, I just want to let everybody know

  • that we're both fully vaccinated.

  • We both got a COVID test and we're social distancing.

  • - Compostable LA was founded in 2019 by me

  • because there was really a lack of composting resources

  • here in Los Angeles, and so I just saw a need

  • in my community that I decided to fill.

  • - Yeah, and I was just hustling.

  • (both laugh)

  • - Let me explain how it works. Super simple.

  • Basically, you get this bucket,

  • you put your food scraps in the bucket,

  • and then you put the top on, you leave it outside.

  • We come by, we pick it up and then we leave you

  • a new bucket.

  • It's really that simple.

  • - So when you get your bin,

  • you can put anything that was grown from the earth:

  • your carrot tops, your coffee grounds, your eggshells.

  • The things that you don't want to put in here are things

  • like produce stickers, staples, rubber bands,

  • anything that's non-organic.

  • In our bins, we even take meat and dairy and citrus

  • but some other bins can't handle that.

  • So after we pick up the compost from your house,

  • what we're going to do is bring it

  • to an urban farm here in Los Angeles

  • and then our nonprofit partners LA Compost take over

  • from there.

  • What they do is create almost like a lasagna

  • out of your food waste, so they're going to do a layer

  • of green materials, which is your food waste,

  • and then a layer of brown materials,

  • which is anything that's carbon-based like mulch or sawdust.

  • So once they're done layering,

  • for two months that pile will sit

  • and all this microbial activity will take place,

  • really heating things up.

  • The mix of that heat and the microbials eating

  • your food waste is really what breaks everything down.

  • It then moves into what we call a curing phase,

  • where a whole different set of microbes move in

  • and really finish that process to create

  • that beautiful compost material you can add to your garden.

  • - So twice a year, Compostable LA actually has farm days

  • where they invite members to come and like actually come

  • to the farm where the compost is being created,

  • and you can take some of that compost home with you

  • so that you could put it in your own garden

  • and grow your own food, which hopefully then you're going

  • to put in your bucket and return to us.

  • See, it's really important to like, be able

  • to close the loop.

  • I think that's like, what's kind of makes us really nice is

  • that you can see it from start to finish,

  • like really literally.

  • Actually I learned a couple of years ago that the smell has

  • a hormone that's released is the same one

  • that's released when mothers give birth,

  • which is really sweet.

  • Then you can actually bring it and put it right

  • into your garden as like an additive into your soil,

  • and that's going to be the food that the plants are going

  • to use to make their, make the food that we eat,

  • which is really cool.

  • I mean, it's food. People love food.

  • I love food, I hope everybody else loves food,

  • and if you don't, are you dead?

  • (Monique laughs)

  • - [Jamie] Ooh, womp womp. - [Monique] That's a long one.

  • - [Jamie] That's a long one.

  • - Side effects of composting may include

  • decreased levels of methane,

  • increased water filtration, soil regeneration,

  • less landfill reliance,

  • (in sped-up voice) stormwater pollution filtration,

  • reduction in soil erosion, carbon sequestration,

  • stress reduction on the power grid.

  • - (in sped-up voice) Higher nutrient content in food,

  • increased plant production, food sovereignty,

  • less nutrient leeching,

  • decreased reliance on chemical fertilizers,

  • community empowerment,

  • (normal voice) and did I mention happy planet?

  • (bell dings)

  • - If you want to learn more, check us out

  • at compostablela.com and we hope you start composting today,

  • whether that's at home or using a service.

  • You can see a whole list of services at litterless.com.

  • So maybe there's one in your area.

  • (laidback dance music)

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