This year, California became the second U.S. state after Vermont to enact a law requiring residents and business to put their food scraps into separate bins for composting.

The aim is to reduce greenhouse gasses to prevent climate change.

But as CGTN’s Mark Niu reports, there’s another often-overlooked reason, fighting drought.

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