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web.mit.edu - 7/15/2009
Tracking trash - MIT News Office
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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 "disposable" razors? A team of MIT researchers today ...
senseable.mit.edu - 7/15/2009
Trash | Track
— 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 ... (more) Trash | Track

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earth911.com - 7/22/2009
MIT Program Tracks Garbage in NYC, Seattle
— earth911.com — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched a new program that calls on New York and Seattle... residents to voluntarily tag their trash. Known as Trash Track , the program will distribute electronic garbage tags in order to track the ... (more) MIT Program Tracks Garbage in NYC, Seattle

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planetgreen.discovery.com - 7/9/2009
Organize a Trash Pick-Up Party
— planetgreen.discovery.com — 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 ... (more) Organize a Trash Pick-Up Party
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MIT Using Electronic Tracking on Trash to Change Consumer Habits
TreeHugger — The MIT research team is setting up camp in New York and Seattle, where it will endeavor to track trash through the systems to find out just what kind of resources we're investing in our sanitation systems. MIT starbucks cup photo First test deployment of a coffee cup in Seattle. They're developing special tags that will go on each piece of trash. The tags are wireless location monitors, and the location of each piece of trash that gets tagged will be reported on a central server. The public will be able to view the real time movement of its trash as the MIT team works to find ...

Track Your Trash: Want to Know Where Your Starbucks Cup Ends Up?
INHABITAT — ... Would seeing exactly where our trash goes change our consumer habits? That’s what a team of MIT researchers set to find out with Project Trash Track. The innovative system uses special ...

MIT Project Uses Electronic Tags To Study Trash, Recycling
Environmental Leader — July 17, 2009 MIT Project Uses Electronic Tags To Study Trash, Recycling trash-2 With a goal of converting more trash into recycling, volunteers for an MIT research project are attaching electronic tags to items put in the trash in New York City and Seattle. By following the trash through the system, from point of disposal to the garbage dump, researchers hope to highlight the environmental impact of urban trash on the environment, as well as identify ways to encourage recycling. The project is called Trash Track.“Our project aims to reveal the disposal process of our everyday ...

MIT Program Tracks Garbage in NYC, Seattle
Earth911.com — ... The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched a new program that calls on New York and Seattle residents to voluntarily tag their trash. Known as Trash Track, the program will distribute electronic  garbage tags in order to track the journey of discarded products through the waste stream. ...

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