Where, Exactly, Does Your Garbage Go After You Toss It Out?
Friday, July 17, 2009 - 13:35
in Mathematics & Economics
Most people assume that their trash ends up in a landfill somewhere far away (if they think about this at all). But growing concern over the environmental impact of waste--discarded electronics, in particular--has prompted a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to take a high-tech approach to studying exactly what people are tossing out and where those items are ending up. [More]