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A NEW
A NEW TRASH LAW GOING INTO EFFECT STARTING JANUARY 1ST OUR FOOTWAY WILL NEED TO BE
SEPERATED OUT. WELCOME BACK ON
MARSELLA LEAVE JUST PAGONE FOR
COLLEGE ACCARDO WE JUST TALKED
TO SAN DIEGO MAYOR TO TALK MORE
ABOUT IT A FEW MINUTES AGO. IT
MAY SEEM INTIMIDATING TO SOME
PEOPLE OR EVEN UNNECESSARY BUT
A ZERO WASTE FAMILY HAS BEEN
DOING IT FOR YEARS AND THEY SAY
IT'S ABOUT TIME THE LAW CATCHES
UP NEWS8 ENITRE IRANPOUR TAKES
US TO THEIR HOUSE WHERE THEY
HAVE MASTERED COMPOSTING TO A
SCIENCE LITERALLY IT WOULD BE
HARD TO MISS THIS HOME. THE
ZERO WASTE FAMILY GROWS MOST
OF THE FOOD THEY EAT IN THEIR
FRONT AND BACK YARD. THEY LIVE
ON AN AVERAGE SIZED CITY LOT IN
THE TALMAGE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SAN
DIEGO. BUT WHAT THEY'VE
CREATED HERE IS FAR FROM
AVERAGE. LET'S PICK SOME BASIL
AND A LITTLE BIT OF PARSLEY FOR
OUR TOMATO SAUCE COOKING INSIDE
TWO ADULTS, THREE KIDS LIVING
OFF THEIR LAND WITH THE GOAL
OF ZERO WASTE. THEY USE WHAT
THEY GROW TO CREATE DELICIOUS
MEALS FOR THEIR FAMILY, FRIENDS
,NEIGHBORS. I SAW THE RESERVES
OUR GARDEN BRINGS THE COMMUNITY
TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, SO I CAN
SHARE MY VEGETABLES AND
EVERYTHING I GROW BUT ALSO WE
CAN COME TOGETHER AND MAKE FOOD
TOGETHER AND SERVE AND THEN WE
SHARE THE WHATEVER THE BOUNTY
ON THAT FREDRICKA. SIRIN AND
JAMES HARKER ARE PROOF THAT YOU
CAN STILL ENJOY RICHES WITH
MINIMAL WASTE AND AS WE'RE
LEARNING FROM THEM, THINGS LIKE
COMPOSTING DON'T REQUIRE MUCH
WORK AT ALL. IT'S A VERY
BEAUTIFUL CIRCLE OF LIFE AND I
THINK YOU APPRECIATE YOUR
VEGETABLES AND YOUR FOOD A
LITTLE BIT MORE WHEN YOU GROW
IT AND ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE
FOOD SCRAPS WE HAVE TO THINK IT
THIS WAY THAT FOOD GOES TO A
LANDFILL BECOMES PURE POISON
AND THE FOOD THAT GOES TO A
CONVERSATION BECAUSE PURE
NUTRIENTS FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE
IT DOESN'T COMPOST THE LANDFILL
LIKE MOST PEOPLE THINK IT
ACTUALLY CREATES METHANE GAS
WHICH IS SUPER, SUPER BAD FOR
THE AIR AND THE AND THE PLANET.
JAMES IS THE COMPOSTING INCUE
VACCCINE THE BENEFITS FOR YEARS
SO WE FIGURED LET'S LEARN FROM
HIM. THEY USE A COUPLE
DIFFERENT COMPOSTING TECHNIQUES
.WE'LL START WITH THE ONE THAT
GETS HIM SUPER EXCITED THE
WORMS IF YOU MOVE US AROUND
YOU'LL FIND WE'VE GOT LOTS AND
LOTS AND LOTS OF WORMS IN HERE.
DOES THIS MAKE YOU HAPPY TO SEE
IT DOES THE WORMS ARE ALSO
HAPPY SINCE THEY'RE CONSTANTLY
BEING FED ABOUT SOME LETTUCE
THAT SOME STRAWBERRIES AND
WE'VE GOT SOME SPROUTS THAT
HAVE KIND OF GONE DOWNHILL AND
SO I JUST CREATED A LITTLE HOLE
HERE AND I'LL JUST KIND
OF COVER THIS OH AND AND THEN
THE WORMS HAVE AT IT THEY EAT
MULTIPLE TIMES THEIR WEIGHT
EVERY DAY. HOW AND SO THEY'RE
BASICALLY JUST PRODUCING WORM
CASTINGS CONSTANTLY FOR YOUR
GARDEN. CAN I TOUCH THE
WORLEY'S OH MY GOSH THERE'S SO
MANY AND WHEN MY ONE TWO THREE
FOUR THE LIKE HOW MANY DO YOU
THINK ARE IN BEEN THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS AND GET THIS HE
STARTED WITH 500 SO ALL OF THIS
RICH COMPOST FILLED WITH THESE
WORMS WILL THEN GO INTO THEIR
GARDEN WHERE THEY WILL HELP
THIS NUTRIENT RICH FOOD GROW.
HE ALSO HAS THIS OTHER
TECHNIQUE USING A TYPE OF BRAN
HE ADDS TO AN AIRTIGHT BIN AND
SO WE'VE GOT SOME FRUIT, WE'VE
GOT SOME BREAD THAT WHEN WE
TAKE OUR BUZKASHI BRAND AND WE
JUST KIND OF GENTLY SPRINKLE
THIS ON TOP. IT TAKES THREE
WEEKS FOR THE FOOD TO FERMENT
ENOUGH TO ADD TO HIS SOIL HERE
HE'S ADDING COMPOST THAT'S
READY THE BIGGEST THING THAT
SURPRISED ME WAS THAT THIS
STILL LOOKS LIKE FOOD. YOU CAN
STILL SEE ALL THE FOOD THAT'S
IN THERE. WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE
IS THIS IS ALL PICKLED BUT IN
THREE WEEKS THE FOOD DISAPPEARS
AND HE CAN PLANT WHATEVER HE
WANTS IN THIS SPOT AND TAKE ALL
OF THAT EXTRA FOOD THAT WE'RE
NOT EATING AND AT LEAST DIRECT
IT INTO SOME PLACE THAT'S DOING
GOOD BECAUSE IT ALL COMES RIGHT
BACK AROUND GIVING MORE LIFE TO
WHAT THEY GROW. AND WHENEVER
ANYBODY ASKS ME LIKE IF THERE'S
ONE THING I CAN DO TO LIVE MORE
SUSTAINABLY, WHAT WOULD IT DO?
I ALWAYS SAY COMPOST. YEAH, AND
THAT'S ONE OF MANY WAYS THEY'VE
BECOME KNOWN AS THE ZERO WASTE
FAMILY. INTERESTING PEOPLE
AREN'T EXPECTED TO TAKE ON A
SYSTEM OF COMPOSTING AND
GARDENING AS ELABORATE AS THE
ONE YOU JUST SAW FROM THE ZERO
WASTE FAMILIES THE CITY
OF SANDIEGOZOO WILL GIVE YOU A
SMALL AIRTIGHT BIN YOU CAN PUT
UNDER YOUR SINK AND FILL IT
WITH FOOD WASTE A FEW TIMES A
WEEK THAT WILL BE DUMPED INTO A
LARGER ORGANIC WASTE