Georgia Tech professor Valerie Thomas and her "Smart Trash" concept may just be the key to increased consumer recycling participation. Thomas, a professor at Georgia Tech's School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, designed a system to provide sustainable and productive ways for discarding household waste, while also redefining the relationship individuals have with their garbage.

Will Trash Cans Get Smart?
Wall Street Journal - October 13, 2009 (Subscription required*)

Smart Trash Utilizes Bar Codes to Track Garbage
XETV (San Francisco) - October 14, 2009

'Smart Trash' Concept Advances Recycling
earth 911 -September 22, 2009

Trash trackers: The secret life of garbage
New Scientist - September 16, 2009 (Packaging Digest)