With all that holiday cheer, comes a lot more trash. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that Americans throw away about 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Years.

Why it matters: Our society continues to have a big problem with waste. Despite policy efforts to reduce waste, the volume of what we throw away continues to increase.

With all that holiday cheer, comes a lot more trash. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has estimated that Americans throw away about 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and New Years.
Why it matters: Our society continues to have a big problem with waste. Despite policy efforts to reduce waste, the volume of what we throw away continues to increase.

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With holiday cheer, comes holiday waste. How to reduce yours

On a recent and very foggy morning, Erin Stone met the small team of Ghost Diving USA at the 22nd Street landing in San Pedro. They’re the local chapter of a global mission to clean up ghost nets — abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets floating through the ocean. The nets often kill marine life that gets caught up in them. Over five days, the team of volunteer scuba divers pulled up more than 2,000 pounds of fishing net tangled up on a shipwreck just a few miles off the coast of San Pedro.

 

On a recent and very foggy morning, Erin Stone met the small team of Ghost Diving USA at the 22nd Street landing in San Pedro.&nbsp;They&rsquo;re the local chapter of a global mission to clean up ghost nets &mdash; abandoned, lost or discarded fishing nets floating through the ocean. The nets often kill marine life that gets caught up in them.&nbsp;Over five days, the team of volunteer scuba divers pulled up more than 2,000 pounds of fishing net tangled up on a shipwreck just a few miles off the coast of San Pedro.
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These volunteers are working to clear the ocean of an underwater menace

We know it’s only the day after Christmas, but just in case you are ready to part with your tree -- Gillian Moran Perez has the details.

We know it&rsquo;s only the day after Christmas, but just in case you are ready to part with your tree -- Gillian Moran Perez has the details.

Just putting it out there! You can recycle your Christmas tree starting today

Ever wonder how Chinese food became kinda the go-to cuisine on Christmas? Here's LAist's Daniel Martinez.

Ever wonder how Chinese food became kinda the go-to cuisine on Christmas?&nbsp;Here's LAist's Daniel Martinez.

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