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Where does the garbage go?

Posted on Apr 1 2011 by Daniel

Those MIT folks are at it again, this time tagging 500 pieces of garbage with geotrackers to find out where our garbage really ends up. I think you’ll be surprised:

Their work recently won the NSF International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge.

Learn more about the technology at the Trash Track website.

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