{"57481":{"#nid":"57481","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Smarter trash: bringing garbage cans into the 21st century","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuturist\u003C\/em\u003E - January 1, 2010\u003Cbr \/\u003EImagine a trash can that actually sorts your recyclables for you--and then tells you how much money your garbage is worth. Currently being developed at Georgia Tech, Smart Trash receptacles are being touted as an ecologically sound method of waste disposal that\u0027s easy and rewarding to use. Trash receptacles equipped with scanners that read bar codes and other product tags would record much of what is thrown away, along with the items\u0027 potential re-sale value. T\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.wfs.org\/futurist.htm \u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.wfs.org\/futurist.htm \u003C\/a\u003E (Subscription required*)\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27279","created_gmt":"2010-01-01 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:22","author":"Barbara Christopher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2010-01-01T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"57458","name":"ISyE External News"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003EBarbara Christopher\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIndustrial and Systems Engineering\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=bt3\u0022\u003EContact Barbara Christopher\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404.385.3102\u003C\/strong\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["bchristopher@isye.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}