A New Program Tracks Our Garbage
When you throw it away, it never really goes away.
We’ve heard that phrase about our garbage, in one iteration or another, for decades. I’m aware that the stuff I can’t reuse or recycle ends up in a landfill, but I have to admit, I’ve been (kind of blissfully) ignorant about where my garbage actually goes. That’s about to change.
MIT researchers just announced Trash Track, a project that will make it difficult to ignore just how much trash we create daily.
With the help of volunteers in New York and Seattle, Trash Track will electronically "tag" pieces of garbage with special wireless location markers. These markers, or "trash tags," will follow the waste from volunteers’ homes to their final destinations. Along the way, the tags will send location information about each trash piece to a central server, which will analyze the data in real time. By September, you’ll be able to view the trash’s journey through New York and Seattle’s disposal systems ...more...
via Natural Home Living (by Robyn Griggs Lawrence)
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