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What we can learn by tracking trash

Researchers at the MIT plan to electronically track thousands of pieces of trash to give people a greater sense of their impact on the environment.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology plan to electronically track thousands of pieces of trash discarded by people in Seattle and New York, in part to give people a greater sense of their impact on the environment.

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