{"63470":{"#nid":"63470","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Thomas on Smart Trash","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\n\n\n\u201cThe whole information\nsystem falls off when things are disposed,\u201d says Valerie Thomas, Associate\nProfessor of Public Policy (joint appointment with Industrial and Systems\nEngineering). Thomas is developing a prototype technology called Smart Trash,\nwhich aims to better manage all forms of waste that carry product ID tags. The\ncurrent system of curbside recycling hasn\u2019t kept pace with today\u2019s stream of\nhigh-tech garbage, which increasingly includes hardware that could be salvaged\n(like cellphone parts) and products that contain toxic materials that could be\nmore safely disposed of (like some fluorescent light bulbs). \u003Cem\u003ESource: The Erie Wire \u2013 January 4, 2011\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27418","created_gmt":"2011-01-13 15:08:06","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:15","author":"Lauren Langley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Blackboard Ally","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/eriewire.wordpress.com\/2011\/01\/04\/recycling-appliances\/","dateline":{"date":"2011-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2011-01-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1135","name":"valerie thomas"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}