Americans throw away 34 million tons of food each year. That’s like tossing a quarter of the groceries we buy directly into the trash. But where some see garbage, others find green gold. Explore the secret life of food scraps, landfills and the people who love them. San Francisco is leading the charge in composting municipal food waste.

Originally released by PBS, 2014. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on June 01, 2018.

Changing Our Behavior (7:38); --San Francisco, California (3:54); -- Jepson Prairie Organics (3:00); -- Replacing Nutrients (1:49); -- Brooklyn, New York (7:44); -- Credits: Make Food, Not Waste, Episode 10 (0:31); .