planetgreen.discovery.com - 7/9/2009
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Is there an area in your city that is littered with trash? From bus and train windows, I catch glimpses of a median that has trash all over it. I always think to myself, "It would be so easy for a group of people to pitch in and clean up. It would take no time at all." Chances are, everyone ...
senseable.mit.edu - 7/15/2009
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senseable.mit.edu —
Trash Track relies on the development of smart
tags, which will be attached to different types of...
garbage in order to track in real time each piece of waste as it traverses the city's sanitation system. The goal of the project is to reveal the ...
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web.mit.edu - 7/15/2009
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web.mit.edu —
Project aims to raise awareness of how garbage
impacts the environment July 15, 2009 What if we...
knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or ...
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Tracking trash - MIT News Office
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Italy's Trash Robot is a Real-Life Wall-E
TreeHugger —
... pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides, ozone, benzene, CO, CO2 and air temperature. “A fleet of DustCarts could send precise data on the air we breathe, in real time,” said Barbara Mazzolai, DustCart Project Manager. More on Garbage at TreeHugger Naples Buried Under a Heap of Trash EU Tells Italy To Take Out The Trash, Already Italian Government Promises to Resolve "Tragedy of the Trash" Bishop Refuses To Bless New Incinerator In Naples Italy Planet Green: Organize a Trash Pick-Up Party [image] Follow @TreeHugger on Twitter & ...
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World’s Deepest Trash Can
neatorama.com 10/2/2009 — This trash can was created as an attempt to make it more fun for people to throw their waste. 72 kilos of garbage was put in the bin during one day. That is 41 kilos more than the closest standard trash bin.
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Bringing Light to Trash
greenupgrader.com 7/16/2009 — I'm in the market for a new desk lamp, and these lamps from Breeze Block caught my eye last week while I was browsing Etsy. Now, I fear I am becoming a bit of a repurposing cynic after looking for recycled products day in and day out, but I like these lamps.
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Challenge: Show Us Your (Plastic) Trash!
showyourplastic.fakeplasticfish.com 6/2/2009 — I have a blog about my efforts to reduce my use of plastic called Citizen Green. I have been blogging for almost a year now. Doing this plastic inventory was much more useful than I thought it would be. It helped me see where plastic was sneaking ...
on-demand trash robot - DustCart
alternativeconsumer.com 7/8/2009 — Is a robot the future of urban trash collection? A group of Italian scientists think it might be.
In the 1980’s the Italian town of Peccioli built one of the most advanced trash disposal sites in Italy, designed to recycle and produce green energy. For 20 years, it’s been Peccioli’s most ...
Dirty secrets of our trash habit
supereco.com 10/5/2009 —
What would you feel most guilty about someone discovering in your trash can? Don't worry, we're not going to turn you in for your eco-sins. We suspect all but the most hardcore greenies toss out a few disposables they could've avoided. Me, I get less torn up about the things I throw away ...
The Trash Was Historic, Too
washingtonpost.com 1/22/2009 — Workers Pull an All-Nighter to Clear Spectators' Detritus Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 22, 2009; Page B01
New Solar-Powered Trash Cans Line the Streets of Philadelphia
cleantechnica.com 7/27/2009 —
The city of brotherly love is now the city of brotherly BigBellies. While it’s not the first city to adopt BigBelly Solar’s cordless trash compaction system, Philadelphia’s installment of 500 new solar trash compactors represents the most ...
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